First of all, I want to say Happy Birthday to my little cousin Tommy who is turning 4 today : )
Tuesday was HOT. It must have been at least 90 degrees and humid. After drumming, I met Whitney and we went to confirm our camel safari. We are going back Wednesday (which will be today when I post this) to meet our guide and get oriented. For lunch, we decided to try “Wimpy” which is a burger place that Njuhi recommended. It was packed and there were no free tables, so we sat down at a four-person table with a woman and her small and silent child. The woman turned out to be really nice and we talked a lot with her. She’s from Nairobi and moved to the UK 8 years ago. She was home for two weeks for Easter. She asked where we were living and when I told her Kariokor, she went “Aaahh ha ha ha! You are really getting the cultural experience!” She asked me how I get back and forth and I said on a matatu, then she asked me if I got scared, to which I replied “sometimes.” Despite her reaction, which I get from most people, it was nice because she said that Whitney and Jenna living where they are, are not getting the “full cultural experience” because living at the YWCA or in Karen is “western”. So it made me feel a little better than when most people react that way. Oooh man. It was nice talking to her though, and a pleasant reminder of how friendly most Kenyans are.
We had class at 2 and then all headed home. On the way to the matatu the sky started to get really dark and then when I got off the matatu, it started to rain and thunder. Just as I stepped inside the apartment, the skies opened up and it POURED! It rained really hard for about an hour, and the temperature must have dropped at least 30 degrees. I looked out my window and there were just rivers of mud. I think the rainy season has officially begun : )
Hmmmm. A camel safari during the rainy season. Methinks the guide should be paying YOU to go on it!
ReplyDeleteWell, at least camels have really long legs. A Welsh Corgi safari would probably not get you very far or very high up above the mud. Camels -- much better idea.
Love you honey,
Joy
P.S. Red Sox won their home opener yesterday 14-3. The temperature was in the 40s. On Thursday it's supposed to snow. Just another balmy spring in New England!
ReplyDeleteWill it be rainy in Samburu too? Good that you have those big boots!
ReplyDeleteWhen Uncle Rob and I were little we had to walk to school through a corn/soybean field, that in the spring before planting, turned into really deep mud. One time the mud swallowed Uncle Rob's boot whole. He pulled his foot up and the boot was gone! Nana was not pleased. (:
So watch out for those rivers of mud!
I'm glad you're getting "the cultural experience" -- it's a much better, albeit harder, education (as you already know). xoxo Mama
Haha! Joy, I have missed your comments. I would HATE to ride on a corgi...I don't even like looking at them. Go Red Sox!
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