Nairobi Kenya

I know the Palestine posts have been a bit "heavy" so I hope my trip though Kenya will be a little more on the bright side!

It was a relief to travel a little "less secure". Traveling from Jordan to Kenya certainly has less security hassles than traveling within Israel and the OPTs (Occupied Territories - do I sound like a local yet?). I even managed to break the 100ml hand luggage limit - only by about 10 times and no one worried. Oops

The highlight of the first few days in Kenya has probably been the trip in from the airport. I know that doesn't say much about my first few days, but I've mostly getting orientated while Shez is busy with the training. Where the traffic slows on the lead up to a round-about on the main road, hawkers dodge and weave between cars selling their wares. You can buy just about anything here from the mundane: newsapers, hats, flip flops (not sure how you try them on); to the outright bizarre - like a large blow up tele tubby kids seat! Just what you needed on your way to work right. The vendors choice of product was also sometimes bewildering (tele tubbies aside). For example, I saw one guy selling belts and car steering wheel covers. I don't know about you, but I've always thought "jeez, I need a wheel cover" whenever I've been out buying a belt!

I'm largely running my own show while we're here in Kenya. Shez is busy with training. She'll be running the last 1.5 days on integrating protection into country programs, but she needs 2.5 days, so is trying to condense the material. There are about 18 participants from all over East Africa attending. Anyway, since I'm under my own steam, I've been into the city to see if I can book a short safari while Shez is hard at work. I'd much prefer it if she could come along, but we just don't have the time when she finishes the training. Oh well, I'll just have to fly the banner I guess - hard work I know.