Day 1 Nairobi
After long flights and a hotel room filled with street noises ..... it was up and running this morning. Fun to be back in a city I love, although it has changed/grown drastically since I was here last. My dear friend Jeremiah (from Rwanda) met me at the airport and we have been catching up, reminiscing, and getting the work that needs to completed prior to the team arriving; change money, SIM cards for phones, shopping for items.
No pictures today as it is not safe to have one's camera out while riding on the back of a moto (for those of you who are unfamiliar with a African moto - it is a motor bike - a dirt bike really - with an extended seat, and a rack on the back for purchases). They are wonderful to take because they do not get stuck in traffic as they bob and weave in between trucks, buses, cars and pedestrians . . . if any of that bobbing and weaving fails, they jump up on to the sidewalk and drive there until they see an opening in the traffic. It is great fun, albeit not for the faint of heart. Most motos are driven by young men (I think may have something to do with the "need for speed") but my driver today, Waithira, is a young woman! She will now be my driver the entire time I am in Nairobi.
Tomorrow will be a bit of tourist stuff ... the Maasai Market - a must see for all who come to Kenya! Then off to "work stuff," which is really not work when you are in a city you love with a person you have known for many, many years and are serving a purpose.
More tomorrow and I promise pictures, even if from the back of a moto.
No pictures today as it is not safe to have one's camera out while riding on the back of a moto (for those of you who are unfamiliar with a African moto - it is a motor bike - a dirt bike really - with an extended seat, and a rack on the back for purchases). They are wonderful to take because they do not get stuck in traffic as they bob and weave in between trucks, buses, cars and pedestrians . . . if any of that bobbing and weaving fails, they jump up on to the sidewalk and drive there until they see an opening in the traffic. It is great fun, albeit not for the faint of heart. Most motos are driven by young men (I think may have something to do with the "need for speed") but my driver today, Waithira, is a young woman! She will now be my driver the entire time I am in Nairobi.
Tomorrow will be a bit of tourist stuff ... the Maasai Market - a must see for all who come to Kenya! Then off to "work stuff," which is really not work when you are in a city you love with a person you have known for many, many years and are serving a purpose.
More tomorrow and I promise pictures, even if from the back of a moto.
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