We're in Kenya! Staying at the Regency Hotel - pretty fancy for some mzumga like us. We almost didn't make it - our first flight out of Denver was delayed over an hour and we arrived at the same time as our Amsterdam flight was schduled to leave. But Northwest held the plane for Denver folks and we and our luggage made it all the way through.
We met another Peter sitting behind us on the flight across the Atlantic and he taught Caryn some kiswahili and told us not to eat beef (Rift Valley fever). He is a Kenyan and now a US citizen living in Illinois who is visiting his wife and newborn daughter. Amazingly, he ended up sitting next to us on the flight from Amsterdam to Nairobi.
The landing in Nairobi was a little interesting - as the plane swerved wildly down the runway (like Toad's wild ride). Peter B commented that the pilots must have been dodging potholes, which Peter from Illinois thought was hilarious.
We were greated at the airport by Andrew from Church World Service who drove us safely to our hotel. Thank you Andrew. To be continued...
dundu la maji
Women getting water - art work at Farming Systems Kenya office in Nakuru. (Kathy Roy photo)
About Me
- Peter Boddie
- There's so much about me that you wouldn't want to know. So we'll leave it at that.
Clean, potable water supplies are greatly needed in East Africa, as many local sources are used for drinking, washing and by livestock, creating many health problems. This is a small storage dam in the Kajiado District, south of Nairobi.