Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Nairobi

I am going to try to get to the Internet to send this,it has been
harder than I had expected to find. Nairobi is a study in contrasts,
both cosmopolitan and destitute. My new friend Francis grew up in a
slum in Nairobi with 700,000 of his closest friends. We did not go
there, it's not safe for white people. We did see some areas that
were pretty bad, though. We also went to a western style shopping
center that was quite nice.

Some things I will not soon forget about Nairobi: traffic tgat is not
to be believed (may have cured my motion suckness forever), batting
helments for security guards (the cheap souviner kind), and a Philly
cheesesteak with African spices (good). Got a sim card for Wil's
phone only to discover the charger did not work. Tomorrow, Gilgil.

Sent from my iPod

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