We are nearing the end of our trip. The last medical camp has been finished and we are now in Limuru, just outside of Nairobi. Last night Emily to make dinner for our hosts here. They have been so gracious in caring for us. The plan was to cook chicken alfredo with double treat chocolate cookies for dessert. Keep in mind ALLLLL of the ingredients would have to be purchased locally. So, of to the grocery store we went. We passed the car batteries, kerosene cooking stoves, bars of cooking fat, bags of ugali flour and other assorted essentials. Being the only man in the group, btw Mzungu is the word used for anyone not Kenyan, I was sent to get the parmesan cheese, chocolate chips, whole rolled oats..........after about 20 minutes we met again, this time to get real on what could really be cooked. We tried Italian but the ingredients were not there for that. A bottle of Soy Sauce provided the inspiration and Emily settled on stir fry. With chicken, cadbury chocolate bars and what we thought might be ground oats we headed to the local vegetable market and bargained our way through ginger root, garlic, pineapple, onions, carrots and a variety of other goodies. The stir fry was AMAZING, not a bit was left. The cookie dough made and passed around to the astonishment of the Kenyans, they loved it. The oven was broken so several different method were tried to cook them including pan frying, FAILURE and smoke were the outcome. I asked what was wrong with the oven and they said it was broken. I opened it up and after brushing aside the cobwebs, thankfully nothing else, used a bit of foil to repair the burner. With the oven heating and the cookies baking the only thing missing for perfection was a glass of cold milk. Sadly the gas ran out and we were left with half baked cookies. We will survive.

We are leaving in a few hours to return home. We will be under way for 40 hours with a 16 hour stopover in Dubai. More pictures to come.