From Africa to South-America

Time had come to change course, and after Mombasa we went back to Nairobi to say goodbye to Maggie, Buru Buru and Kenya. Next destination: Brazil!

Here is some of the pictures from our last days in Nairobi.

Pictures taken from  the animal orphanage by the Nairobi National Park.

The giraffe center - where you get really close to the giraffes and where you also can feed them.

"I kissed a giraffe, and I liked it. But it was no cherry chap stick"

Outside Maggies house in Buru Buru.

Monday afternoon our flight went from Nairobi to Johannesburg. There we had a long night waiting for our next flight to Sao Paulo tuesday morning. Since the real backpacking-trip starts now, we thought we couldn`t start by booking a night in an Airport Hotel. In stead we found a nice little corner in the second floor at the airport, where we slept (or basically just stayed) the whole night.




Sandra actually got a little sleep that night on the floor

Finally we arrived to Sao Paulo after a long night, two sore backs, 10 hours in an airplane and alot of plane-food. Still the traveling was not finished. Since we are going back to Sao Paulo in october, we decided to take the trip to Rio de Janeiro. The plan was to stay in Rio just four days, but we have already fallen in love with the city! Plans have therefor changed, and today we are booking more night in the hostel "

A special combination of mountain, skyscrapers and beaches - here on a cloudy day. We hope the weather will get better in a day or two. The christ statue is still to be experienced.

Coconut water, and it`s really good! Only R$ 3.

We are staying in a cheep hostel by the Ipanema beach that`s called "Girl from Ipanema" - real Frank Sinatra style. Six people in each room, shared bathroom and alot of great atmosphere with people (mostly backpackers) from all over the world.

The highest bunk bed we`ve ever seen. Three "floors" and thin air on the top by the ceiling.