50 years mug shots

Nairobi Baptist Church was founded 50 years ago today and we had a big celebration. From 20 people of 4 nationalities (mostly Brits) it has grown to 3-4,000 with over 40 nationalities and mostly Kenyan. In addition, a number of daughter churches have been created in various parts of Nairobi. A few of the original members are still around or came back to visit.

I eventually succumbed and bought a souvenir mug. I was surprised and fascinated by the great change in colour when I add hot water; I have seen these things before but never such a startling change. (White is hot but the really curious effect is when I run cold water over a hot mug; the fleeting green pattern is really odd!) The flash photo tends to show the green as lighter than it really is.

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What are they?

Ok., the pink one is an artificial flower, but what is it made of?

And what’s the purpose of the other one?

Hot Springs

Here at the Rift Valley Soda Lake, Elementaita, there are hot springs (40-50 ‘C) which have various uses.

Some just sit in it and chew the fat

Some children come to wash clothes (and some come to be scrubbed up themselves)

And some come to use the water to de-louse their goats.

The water has a soapy feel and is certainly very hot bath temperature. There are tilapia fish near the hotter parts and a flotilla of pelicans feeding on the tilapia.

Flamingos eat algae and tilapia in the cooler, saltier parts.

Great grammar, one giant leap...

Here is Kevin, a 6ft tall Maasai guide armed with traditional knife, staff and mobile phone at Elementaita.

The notice is clear, the grammar excellent (semi-colon, apostrophe), the spelling slightly awry, but what a leap!

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Bicycles made for two

Here, near Naivasha, you see three bicycles each carrying two people. One is carrying the passenger on the crossbar and another on the pillion but the real question is, why is the nearest person being taken on pillion while they freewheel their own bike?

Even the baboon seem slightly perplexed.

Answers?

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