It’s Good to Be Home

Yeah for Nairobi! 8hr 30min flight. Arrived safely. We were one hour late because we had to get a new flight attendant. Slept a few hrs on the plane. Alas, I caught myself waking up with my mouth open once or twice (a risk of sleeping sitting up). I guess I should duck-tape it shut next time. Luckily, no drool.

One thing I noticed here is when arriving a night, it really feels like you are in another place (I mean really different from home. Obviously it’s a different place, I didn’t just travel for 36hrs to end up in the same location), because as you drive from the airport the road is lit, but then just off the road there this vast flat darkness. There aren’t miles and miles of city lights. (oh right, I forgot, that’s because as Tom says, the airport is at the end of the world. He’s right). Btw, Tom and Rose’s new house is beautiful! ☺ It’s in a new housing complex, about three years old. Also, 1st item of Kenya food consumed: chai. Good way to start.

Sawa, ahora, notes to self:

• Don’t drink tap water – I’ve suffered enough water borne illnesses now that I should be able to remember this one, but I wouldn’t put money on it.
• No toilet paper down the toilet…I think. (can’t really remember but I don’t want to be the dumb American who clogged the sewer system for the whole neighborhood. So until facts are confirmed, it’s going in the trash).
• Take my Malaria prophylaxis at the same time each day (and Vitamin B – supposedly minimizes mosquito (mbu) bites).
• Bed net: use it! Caitlin in. Mosquitos out. Intermingling = Malaria.
• They don’t speak Spanish here, so stop pensando en Español na starting thinking in Kiswahili! Nursing Diagnosis: at risk for word salad.




Ahora. No, Caitlin, you mean ‘sasa’, nataka kulala (quiero dormir / I want to sleep). Kwaheri. ☺ Oh, but one more thing. I get to go to a Kenyan-Ugandan wedding on Saturday! Can’t wait.