Jambo!

So my flight got into Nairobi at 3:30am local time. I was confused when we were landing because I thought Nairobi was the biggest city in East Africa, but I could not see a single light out the plane window. I thought maybe the pilot was making a mistake...but he wasn't. I don't know if there weren't many lights on, or if the airport is isolated or what. I made it through customs quickly because no one was in the airport except the 30 or so people on my flight. I got both of my bags (miraculous!) and was greeted with a hug and a kiss on each cheek by Benson, my cab driver, who was so warm and instantly eased the anxiety of just arriving. On the way out of the airport we passed the Simba restuarant : ) I then rode in my first driver on the right car, which was interesting. When we got to the guest house, they had no reservation for me. They said I wasn't supposed to be here until 11am this morning (it was about 4:30 at the time). So we had this long confusing discussion and finally I got a room. I then tried my calling card to call home to say I got here and found that that didn't work because it is a call-back number, and you can only do that from certain phones...not hotel phones or pay phones. I finally got a text message to my mother saying I was okay, and then waited until 6am when the woman at the front desk said the internet would work. But at 7:30, it still didn't so I decided to sleep for a few hours, which I just woke up from and am now in the "Cyber Cafe" or something like that. Anyway, the weather is absolutely beautiful, I wish I had someone to share it with. Hopefully Warimu, one of the program coordinators will be here soon to meet me. She sounded very nice on the phone this morning at 4am, which says something : )

I have learned this morning that you can't count on having internet or phone access, so until the next available time I am thinking of home and the people I love.

Sarah