Nairobi........green, beer, and santa clause
We have left Egypt behind, and with that we have left Arabic music, sand, mosques, and shawarma. We are in Nairobi and very excited to be here. We finally feel like we're in Africa!
We had the worst flight of our trip last night. I think I got maybe an hour of sleep on the plane (and that's being generous). Our flight was delayed about an hour and then we had a stop in Sudan for about 45 min. It was pretty strange to be in Sudan with the war that is going on there. It just brought the war a little closer to home. In Sudan, most of the flight left and a whole new group of passengers got on, mostly Muslim Sudanese men. They weren't your typical group of passengers. Although we've been in Arabic countries for the past two months we haven't met people who were as devout as these men. As soon as the sun started to come up (at 5 am) they climbed into the aisles of the plane with their prayer mats and proceeded to do their prayer rituals (loud enough that no one else could sleep) and refused to let the stewardesses up and down the aisles.
But, we did make it. Kenya is beautiful. Everything here is green....there are flowers and trees....simple things we haven't really seen for the past couple months. The people here all seem so friendly too! We're staying in a pretty great place too. We have our own little hut, with clean bedding, and there are a lot of travellers here which makes it fun. If you want to check it out online we're at Upper Hill Campsite. Just google it.
We're here for another couple of days. Today we got some sleep and are just checking out the city a bit. We plan to do more of the same tomorrow. We also plan to travel in the footsteps of our good friend Mark Wall while we're here too. We unfortunately missed him by about 2 weeks (he was here for 8 months.) Bad planning on our part!
We'll try to get a few pictures up tomorrow, but for now we'll leave you with this. Now we're going for a beer (strange because you can't get alcohol in Muslim countries).......and we have Christmas here. Santa clause is everywhere!
We had the worst flight of our trip last night. I think I got maybe an hour of sleep on the plane (and that's being generous). Our flight was delayed about an hour and then we had a stop in Sudan for about 45 min. It was pretty strange to be in Sudan with the war that is going on there. It just brought the war a little closer to home. In Sudan, most of the flight left and a whole new group of passengers got on, mostly Muslim Sudanese men. They weren't your typical group of passengers. Although we've been in Arabic countries for the past two months we haven't met people who were as devout as these men. As soon as the sun started to come up (at 5 am) they climbed into the aisles of the plane with their prayer mats and proceeded to do their prayer rituals (loud enough that no one else could sleep) and refused to let the stewardesses up and down the aisles.
But, we did make it. Kenya is beautiful. Everything here is green....there are flowers and trees....simple things we haven't really seen for the past couple months. The people here all seem so friendly too! We're staying in a pretty great place too. We have our own little hut, with clean bedding, and there are a lot of travellers here which makes it fun. If you want to check it out online we're at Upper Hill Campsite. Just google it.
We're here for another couple of days. Today we got some sleep and are just checking out the city a bit. We plan to do more of the same tomorrow. We also plan to travel in the footsteps of our good friend Mark Wall while we're here too. We unfortunately missed him by about 2 weeks (he was here for 8 months.) Bad planning on our part!
We'll try to get a few pictures up tomorrow, but for now we'll leave you with this. Now we're going for a beer (strange because you can't get alcohol in Muslim countries).......and we have Christmas here. Santa clause is everywhere!
posted by Brian and Erin at 8:01 AM
6 Comments:
Sounds like you guys are continuing to have quite the interesting experiences!!! That will be a plane ride to remember! we still LOVE reading your blog and look for it every day! I'm glad you guys are doing well, we'll miss you at home this Christmas!!! Our thoughts and prayers are with you though! Love you!
I'm wondering if you'll be eating at the Carnivore restaurant.
Guys, Santa is still in the North Pole. Those Santas that you saw are probably just impersonators. We'll explain the whole thing when you get back home.
Just have to say one thing.....Melly Clickma!!!
Hey Guys after a week without a computer we were beginning to wonder what you were up to. Glad to hear that you are still having an amazing time. We still don't have snow here and it's been way too warm. (But the Bees have not been flying) Lots of Love. You are in our prayers.
And If you are REALLY in the Nation's Capital We expect you to be here for Christmas Dinner.
oh Nairobi how you stole my heart...love it guys...love it.
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