Monthly Archives: May 2015

May12

LEGO ALL THE WAY

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A great experience for the kids to see that there are so many possibilities of what you can create and do even with toys like Lego’s .

While in Cape Town we had the opportunity to visit the Lego exhibition by one of the world Lego artist which is the work of acclaimed New York-based artist Nathan Sawaya at the V&A Waterfront.

It was jaw dropping of what this guy can create. Beautiful pieces and for my 5yr old it was super cool….Legos and colors all under one roof.

The Pictures below tells it all

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May10

Kisses From Chok ( Giraffe Center)

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On mothers day we spent our day visiting other living creatures… We first visited the Elephant orphanage.

After that fun and exciting trip we visited the Giraffe center, Which my whole family thinks it was the coolest activity of the day.

The Giraffe Center was about 15min drive from the Elephant orphanage. And it was an amazing experience. It was truly the closest we have all been to a Giraffe.

And the Giraffe that we got to spend our moments with was super cute and fun and call Chok.

When we arrived we paid for 7 of us, which was Ksh 4,500 ( $45) total. And this is the price for non-resident.

After they gave us the palettes to feed them to the giraffe. You just lay the food in your palm and the giraffe sticks out his long slimy tongue. I was so scared to let him take the food off my palm, and I was shaking. The kids just got so excited and all over the giraffe.

Janet our nanny was scared too until she got comfortable around the giraffe.

Marcus was brave enough to get a giraffe kiss….yeap that’s right!!! he kissed the giraffe and it was nasty but funny.

We really enjoyed our time  there and We all said, now our new favorite animal is a giraffe..LOL!!!

Lots of pictures below for your viewing..

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May10

David Sheldrick Wild Life Center

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And it’s that time of the year….Mothers day to all the mothers in the universe.

We all woke up early today even though it’s a sunday and it’s the day that we get to sleep in. We had to wake up early because we wanted to visit the Elephant Orphanage center.

From research we suppose to be there exactly 11am when the baby elephants comes up to drink their milk.

We waited for our Taxi driver John at our apartment to pick us up at 9:30am. So he arrived and we loaded up the car with everyone.

Drove to Karen which is about 45min away from Lavington.

So we arrived there and waited for them to allow us into the area where the elephants comes.

It was pretty awesome seeing how the elephants comes in a queue and the guards have this huge feeding bottle filled with milk and each elephant gets 2 whole bottles of milk and they consume it in 5min of less. super cool…

The kids got to touch the elephants and also listened to the story why  and how those elephants came about.  Some of the elephants came to the orphanage because their parents died or they fell in a well and some of them was attacked by other wild animals.

We really had a great time at the orphanage and seeing the kids faces as they watch the elephants and touch them was a very rewarding mothers day gift.

lots of pictures below

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May10

Aasha (My view on the day trip to Elephant and Giraffe Center)

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The elephant orphanage was amazing we got to get up close and watch the Rangers feed the baby elephants milk from baby bottles while they told us how they became orphaned most of them fell down a well while they where still barely able to walk and others had their mothers killed by poachers.one of the elephant came out of the rope and started running around like crazy.

Everyone was so scared but it settled down after a bit of time. I found out that you can also adopt an elephant not necessarily take it home just pay $50 for a year to help fund that animals health and well-being. They also gave the animals their own  names based on how or where they were orphaned.

The giraffe center was probably my favorite. They gave us little pellets ( but not a lot because the giraffes were on a diet) then you would stand on a platform and the giraffes would walk right up, you hold your hand out and their long purple sticky tongue should grab it. It was kinda disgusting my mom was so scared she was shaking. But overall they where so gentle and pretty and their eyes where huge and shiny. Can you believe that our own dad put a pellet between his teeth and the giraffes took it,? is called the giraffe kiss ewww 😝😝😛😋🍃🍂🍃🌳🌲🌿!!. There where also hogs at the feet of the giraffe 🐗🐗🐗  dung beetles rolling poop around yuck 🐜🐜🐜🌰.

I had so much fun today and I think that everyone who visits Kenya should definitely go to the elephant orphanage and the giraffe center. Type later everyone 😀😀👍🏼

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May10

Dinner with the family at Big square Junction

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I think the whole family is falling in love with big square place at junction mall in nairobi kenya.
I love their chicken wings and it’s priced right.
It’s a little chilly in nairobi…people wearing winter coats and boots…if I don’t look at the roads with all the potholes I would think am out of africa with all this boots and winter fur coats….lol!!!

for 6 of us to each have our own meal it cost is $35 not bad….

Great meal and great environment

May8

No Stress Visa Process

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Yeyyyyyy!!!!!

Thailand here we come….I hope Thailand is ready for the Manns Clan.

Today I went to the Thai Embassy to pick up our Thai visa’s. It’s the less stress I have felt going through a visa process.

My first visit to the Embassy to drop off the applications for 6 passports only took me 30min to process.

And in 2 days Visa is ready for pick up. Now that’s a country that wants you to come and spend money on their soil. efficiency and speed….Now I see why they have the sky train there and not in Africa….LOL!!! seriously.

So we have 2 more weeks in East Africa before leaving for Thailand and Explore Asia.. The kids are super excited. Their first trip to Asia.

Let the Adventures continue!!!!!

May8

Ferris Wheel Ride….Up high, Not My Thing

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While in Cape Town we spent most of our days at the waterfront mall. It was very close to our apartment, so we mostly walked there for the day. There is so much to see and do at the waterfront.

And one of them is the Ferris Wheel ride. My kids are ok with heights but I am not the most fun person when I am not on the ground…LOL!!! I think after our Cape Town trip my family is aware now and understands. Will tell you more of my up high experiences in my other blogs so stay tuned.

So We got on the Ferris Wheel and My kids are all super happy and just enjoying being wayyyyy up in the sky…I had to act brave but Lord knows I was about to pass out….LOL!!

pictures below show how Aasha my 2nd daughter was acting scared just to make mommy feel better knowing that am not alone in this…LOL!!

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May8

Christmas Cape Town Style

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With great families we had such a wonderful christmas in Cape Town. We spent the whole day at Dr. Greg’s parents house.

Dr. Greg’s parents live in Fishhook. So we got on the train and its about an hour train ride to Fishhook. When we arrived at The train station Greg’s father and Alley, Greg’s wife picked us up at the train station.

They live about 5min away from the train station. It was very nice of them to invite us to their home on this special christmas day.

The kids got to put up a christmas tree at their home. Julie was so sweet to have arranged a cute tree so that the kids can have that feel of  putting up the Christmas tree tradition going ( In Ghana we will usually put up this 7ft tall tree and decorate the whole house) so this really was special for our family and Julie made that happen for our kids while on the road. Thanks Julie.

We got to sit around and share gifts and laughs after we had a very tasty meal…We are so grateful for Dr. Greg’s family for cooking all this food and also making our christmas in a new country very special.

We spent the whole day at their home. In the Evening they dropped us off at the train station and we headed back into town and went to The Waterfront to have our christmas dinner there.

We had dinner at ocean basket that night. It was super packed with people waiting to get seated but I wanted to eat sushi so we tried to wait until we get a seat and finally we got a seat. So over all we had a very wonderful day as the pictures below will tell it all.

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May8

Finally A HighTea Experience

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So I clearly remember when our friends in Cape Town mentioned to me that we are going to a HighTea lunch….I was not sure what It meant and so I asked them what is HighTea? I know what Tea is, because in Ghana my home country mostly tea is our breakfast not lunch…LOL!!!

So they explained to me that it’s actually a menu filled with sweets like scones and muffins and small tiny salmon sandwiches and you get to drink Tea with it.

So I said well why not. You will think with Cape Town being so Hot at that time slush should be the drink we would be having but hey am rolling with people who knows what is happening.

So I got picked up by our friends (Joey and Maria) and we drove around the beaches of Seapoint and straight to a place called The 12 Apostles. It was definitely a beautiful place set up on the top, so you can have an amazing view of the blue waters and the shoreline….It was really lovely.

We got there and was served with all the treats you can imagine….on a 3 tier server( I hope that’s what they call it), they  served us with some tea that we get to choose from. Lots of varieties.

But I had to have another type of Drink to take it to the next level…It’s High Tea moment and I have to make the best of it.

Am told in the British community having a High Tea is a very normal daily activity. So I can now comfortably say I have experience the British style of living…right here in Southern part of Africa.

I had such an amazing time with Long life friends and will always cherish that HighTea moment.

Thanks you my amazing friends…

Pictures below

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May7

Family Visit to the Chiropractors Office

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“Nature Needs No Help, Just No Interference”

While Travelling Marcus ( who is a very passionate Chiropractor himself ) knows the benefits of getting our spines checked and subluxation free.

So while we where in Cape Town we made it a point to go and visit our favorite Chiropractor. Dr. Greg Venning at Peak Chiropractic in Claremont.

We will take the train 3 times a week to go and get checked. It was one of our favorite things to do, train ride and then getting our adjustment in.

We are so grateful for Dr. Greg and his team for all our adjustments while in Cape Town.

In the pictures below you will see us filling out our forms to get started. Also you will see Dr. Greg giving us a few minutes of his time to take a photo with us.

The process of filling out the forms for our family was an adventure on its own since we are a family of 6. But we got all the kids to fill out their forms by themselves and they did very well.

If you do visit Cape Town and you need a super-duper Chiropractor then just call Peak Chiropractic and Dr. Greg will be happy to get you aligned.

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My son had to find a way to make our visit to the Chiropractors office more memorable….

Mj getting some help from his father while Dr. Greg checks his Posture

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