Kenya | Day 13 & 14 Mara – Nairobi – London

Our last day in Kenya. After packing up and putting down the tents we headed off the road across the Masai land and later for the main road. Along the way, we managed to see a few more animals and I was trying my best to cherish that safari moments.

Acacia nilotica/Gum Arabic Tree near our campsite illuminating the beautiful sun on our last day in Masai Conservancy. 

After almost an hour or two we were on the road switching from safari mode to travel mode. As per our schedule, we were supposed to arrive at the airport at 1600hrs but we only arrive Mai Mahiu for lunch at 1630hrs!

A beautiful sunset on our last day in Kenya taken from our minibus on the way to Nairobi. 

After our meal, we were back on the road and arrived at the airport at 2000hrs. After unloading and checking in to our airline, we had a solid 3 ½ hours before departure. I managed to do some last-minute shopping and also posted a few postcards to my mum and a few of my friends back home in Malaysia. We were informed that the weather in the UK was really bad and thank God we were able to land Heathrow after the 8hrs flight.

Along the way back from London to Cornwall it snowed and boy, I was super excited as this was my first time actually experiencing snowfall! Once we stopped the rest stop, I was among the few from other tropical countries getting off playing with the snow! Name it, snow fight and snow angel were all the things we did! Thank God we managed to have some fun at the rest stop because the snow continued to thin as we got closer to Cornwall. By the time we crossed the Tamar, all we left with was good old-fashioned Cornish rain!

It was snowing in the UK. The feeling was so surreal.

My first time seeing snow!

Of course, I have to make a snow angel!

Nothing can be compared to my 2 weeks stay in Kenya. All this while I could only imagine the word AFRICA. Since young, I am always mesmerised with the beauty of Africa and its wildlife! Being there, breathing the air, smelling the smell of the savannahs and seeing upfront the Big Five – lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant and Cape buffalo was just too surreal. This for sure will be the trip of my lifetime! Thanks a lot once again to University of Exeter for the opportunity and not forgetting my sponsor Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) for the education bursaries.