Kenya's National Museum

Tristan and Emma are enjoying a long weekend off from school as Rosslyn Academy celebrates the American Thanksgiving. We had a fun day today with Zach Rowley: after running a few errands in Westlands, we visited Kenya's National Museum.

Erica, Tristan and Emma on our

tour of the mammal room

Along with exhibits of Kenya's cultural diversity, the museum hosts a huge display of bird and animal life in Kenya. Emma was wide eyed as roamed the exhibit rooms that featured everything from the skeleton of a colossal elephant to some of the world's earliest hominid fossils found near Lake Turkana.

Zach and the hippo

After exploring the main museum, we braved the snake park where we had an up close look at Kenya's more dangerous residents. Kenya is home to the world's largest spitting cobras, vipers, puff aders, and the feared black mamba. After our tour, our guide offered Zach a chance to handle the 200 kilogram python, but we had to go and pick Ava up from Potter House -- sorry Zack, maybe next time!

An inquisitive Boomslang keeping a

close eye on us at the snake park.