Tues. Aug. 4
We took it easy today. Not like the rest of our trip has been overly strenuous, apart from carting logs up a mountain. But Nairobi has treated us well and today was no exception. First, we are blessed to have the means to pay for a nice hotel with clean sheets, a real toilet, a hot shower (though Jami hasn’t got the touch) and a good breakfast even with its Lacto-vegan rules. So we took advantage of it and slept late (some later than others as is always the case with Jami and I.) I got some work done, read a bit, and finally convinced my roommate that it was time to rise and shine.
We headed into the city center. Nairobi is just like any big American city- fast, busy and impersonal. Very Non-African. I’ve meant to report on the advertisement around this continent. First off, everywhere you go especially on the roads between towns, shops are painted pink and yellow advertising phone and paint companies. Even in Nairobi the National Archive building has Crown paint advertisement painted on the top of the building. Imagine the Smithsonian with Sherman-Williams’ logo painted on the side of the building. A weekly newspaper paints its headlines on a large wall in the city center which I think is a very clever way to share info as well as sell papers. Those headlines better be catchy!
So we ate some more chicken and chips and even splurged on a milkshake. We walked around for a bit, feeling like we were running after 5 weeks of walking at a snail’s pace. I can’t wait to run! Oh my!
Tonight we chilled at home, playing Dutch Blitz until a man called us for a night on the town. Actually it was another friend from our ACC connections. He took us to a restaurant with loud music and we talked of tour, goals and dancing. The 3 of us made up a good 15% of the crowd so dancing might have been awkward but inside and in my shoulders I was getting down with it. Our friend from yesterday joined us and we decided that another trip to Kenya has to be planned so that we can go dancing together. I’m all for it!
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