Well, sort of liked it. It was a bit spiky, but very fun. But Matt has nothing to worry about.
Actually I kissed several giraffes and some baby giraffes too. They have very soft fur but terribly prickly faces and very blue tongues. They also ate from my hands. Don't worry I have photos.
Yesterday we did our first touristy things--over two weeks after arriving in Kenya. We have been so busy visiting factories and interviewing people for our project, we had not seen any of the sights! 15 days and no animals! But yesterday Mollie's boyfriend Jacob arrived for a few weeks and we went to the Giraffe Center.
The Giraffe Center is a breeding center for endangered Rothschild giraffes. There are lots of different kinds of giraffes, and 3 different types in Kenya. At the giraffe center they have young and baby giraffes, which they raise and then release into the wild. They say they are wild animals... but they don't seem so wild when they are eating food out of your hand!
So I got to feed several young giraffes and two baby giraffes! They lip the food right out of your hand from a platform, and if you hold the food in your mouth, they will eat it out of your mouth too, giving you a giraffe kiss in the process!
But before you start warning me of giraffe mono, don't worry. Giraffe spit is a natural antiseptic, so I didn't catch anything from my fuzzy friends.
After that we went to Carnivore restaurant, where we tasted farm raised ostrich and crocodile (no bush meat!) and they cut the roast meat off onto our plates with a machete!
Hopefully doing more fun things to write about soon! See facebook for the photos of me kissing giraffes!
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