Last night I arrived in Nairobi. The people without visas were getting through the lines faster, it was funny, of course they only had to wait like an hour for their bags after that! Some people didn't receive their bags, but fortunately I did. It really was about an hour. They just don't have the set up to transport that many bags quickly, I think there were only 3 cars with trailers transporting the bags from the plane.

I met Junior - the coordinator here - easily, and we took a cab back to his house where they have a whole set-up for volunteers, two bunks with mosquito netting. The house is very comfortable and relaxed, it is so nice to not feel rushed or stressed. Even on vacation in big cities it's easy to feel sort of frantic with people moving at such high speeds and their tempers and everything.

Tomorrow I'll go to the first village and discover what it's like there! Nairobi is bustling with people walking in the road, selling goods, flagging matatus, and going about their daily lives. I don't feel horribly out of place, mostly it's just really little kids that stare at me, but there really haven't been ANY white people around until I got to this internet cafe, and there's a handful - not more than five. It's not weird being the minority, of course I'm also accompanied by Junior everytwhere, so that helps a LOT, I wouldn't want to be navigating this city by myself.

They're playing lots of cheesy 80s music in the cafe (Billy Ocean - KT heheh), it's really funny. Everyone digs the 80s I guess. Soon we will get my phone situation figured out and I'll have my 4th phone number of this trip! Who knows how much it'll cost to talk with folks in the US, we shall see.

Signing off now, next time I should be immersed in a Maasai village - can't wait!