This is Africa

"This is Africa." It's what we say when something happens in Africa that is less than satisfactory. It's not a complaint, really it's more of a reminder that you are not in the US anymore, that things are different here. Things move at a different pace, and getting angry over it not only won't do any good, it will make people thing you are a real jerk. I was reminded of that today.

After really uneventful flights, with tight connections, all on time, we arrived in Nairobi last night. The airline managed to loose 7 of our bags, 5 of them from the Guthries. All of them were non essential, they were stuffed with gifts for the orphans, except mine. It was the bag with all my clothes. I won't go into detail about how that has worked out, but you can use you imagination and it will be pretty close.

We were really ready to try out our new vehicle, a brand new Toyota Landcruiser safari conversion. It is really nice. I'll try to post some pics tomorrow. We had rented a second Landcruiser so we could move around the bad roads at the same speed. There was some confusion with those arrangements; we were using a new company and they were not great. So we went to the Village Market for lunch while Mbuvi sorted it all out.

Finally by 4PM we were on our way to Nakuru. But alas, our troubles were not over. The rented vehicle broke down in an inconvenient spot and we had to tow it a couple of miles to a filling station. Rather than wait for the mechanic, we all piled into our landcruiser and finished our Nakuru trip. Just in case you are wondering how many mzungus will fit in a landcruiser, the answer is at least 12 plus 5 Kenyans. So we signed into the Kunste Hotel at about 9pm. It's 11pm now and we are turning in, so pics will have to wait for tomorrow.

Tomorrow will be better I am sure, because we will finally be at an orphanage, Londiani.