There are men who sell small packets of peanuts for 5 shillings to feed the monkeys. We stocked up and headed into the middle of the park and immediately, the monkeys started approaching us. It was intimidating at first, but if too many started to hone in on me, I would just scare them away. I threw a few peanuts at one monkey and he caught them in his hands. Then he started to take them right out of my hand. Their hands are soft but their fingers are incredibly strong. There were even some little babies hanging on to their momma's bellies. It was really neat to see so up close.
After seeing a few of the others with monkeys on their shoulders, I was courageous enough to let one jump on my shoulder. If we didn't pay attention, they would take the whole bag of peanuts right out of our hands. At one point, I had Milanne's camera and was snapping pictures of them up in a tree and three monkeys pounced on me all at once. I didn't even have any peanuts, but they thought I did. I screamed, ran around in small circle, then managed to shake them off of me.
Once we ran out of peanuts, we climbed some trees and took turns swinging on a vine. It was nice to see greenery and escape the dusty streets of Mlolongo. There was such a difference in the air, it was refreshing.
We hopped back into matatus and headed to downtown Nairobi for some lunch. We stopped at Tacos - they had the exact same logo as Taco Bell, though no affiliation... they just ripped off the brand. We took a quick walk through the Saturday market after lunch and I scouted some items to barter for when we go to the big Maasai Market later on.
Half of us headed back to Mlolongo while the rest went to a micro-brewery in town. I was exhausted from the heat which seemed the strongest it's been since I arrived. Today is our rest day. I don't plan on leaving the house and we're going to attempt to make chocolate chip cookies. :)
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