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Back in Nairobi

Posted by Anadean | 22nd July 2009

Lenny agreed to drive us back to Nairobi yesterday. We stopped at a tea farm on the way in. Kenya is the #3 producer of tea in the world, who knew! The tea fields are beautiful and tea is grown and harvested all year long. The pickers only pluck the top two leaves from each stem. Then they are sent to the factory where the tender leaves are separated from the more coarse. From there they are dried and processed.

Then Lenny took us to a coffee field. He parked us under an acai tree. In the past, elders would bring goats to this tree and sacrifice them to the gods to ward off drought and pests. The coffee beans are left on the vines till they are red and ready to pick. Here that time is in August-October. We didn't actually take a tour as chat with Lenny as we were pulled over at the side of the road.

Nairobi is a crazy busy place. We thought it would be fun to take one driving class just to see what they would teach you. It

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