the famous Thorn Tree

Nairobi has a very interesting sight....a big Thorn Tree were the pioneers and globetrotters has been posting their messages for years and years and years....
in former times where there was no internet and no mobile phones the necessary meeting points and news were shared by nailing a message onto a big old thorn tree which grew inside the famous Stanley hotel......
we knew that they cut the old tree in 1991 and planted a new one...but still we were not expected to find THIS.....
(could be called a Touri verarschung again........couldnt it????!?

!??)



but it still serves the old purpose of leaving a message even when now there are far fewer messages .....



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so next time you go to Nairobi check out The famous Stanley...maybe my message is still there....