My Walk

So I did what I said I was going to do to relieve my boredom. I walked down our road – took pics. Then I got a mat but there I was not brave enough to take pictures, I don't enjoy being stared at or asked for money. But I'm going to do it one of these days before I leave for America, even if it means telling people I'm writing a article about public transport (and no that's not a lie cause I'm writing one for an assignment for my correspondence course). Then I hung out at Nakumatt Karen (Nakumatt is like Walmart but more expensive and less extensive). I bought a newspaper and a coffee at a little coffee shop (David it was the closest to one of your mochas I've had in Kenya but still not so good). Then to my horror it started to rain. Sadly in my pictures you can't see what I'm wear but I was wear a sundress (as in spaghetti straps) with a tank top underneath and jean capris with Teva sandals. In Kenya when it rains its not like in America. In America if its warm out and it rains its still warm out, in Kenya if it rains, it doesn't matter what the weather was like 1 minute before the rain starts, when it rains it always gets cold. I was freezing, sitting outside at a table (with one of those little umbrella things over it) and the rain was blowing on me. My mocha helped a little bit but not much. Then my dad came but so did one of my friends – Viyerrah (the only pictures I have of him are from Msafara, I'll take some next time we hang out and post them). He's an intern at my church but is on loan to a sister church. He lives about 10 minutes from my house and we have been hanging out a couple of times a week. So after paying Dad 50 shilllings (75 cents) I convinced him to pick me up at the end of our road in about an hour. Viyerrah and I wandered around Nakumatt and talked before I got a Mat back home. Oh and Viyerrah loaned me his sweater so I was no longer freezing! It was a fun evening. Here are some pictures:

Going out our gate (Jed - my little brother is opening it for me

Our road/driveway

More of the boring dirt road (now since the rain its mud), pretty trees overhead though

Some kids chilling at the end of the driveway - "Mzungu tupige picha = Hey white girl, take our picture" Halafa "Anapiga picha ya kila kitu = later "She taking pictures of everything." I don't think they realized I understood as much swahili as I do.

I love that fact and I love smiling Kenyan children even when they make fun of me.

The signboard for our road. If you want to read a funny story by one of my friends about not being able to find my road check out http://joyinkenya.blogspot.com

Random picture of my foot walking down the dirt road

Waiting for a Mat - across the main road looking back up our road.

The main road, which you can't see but it full of potholes and patches (and this is in one of the upscale parts of Nairobi!)

Hope you've enjoyed my random pictures. More to come soon. I hope to document the next two weeks so that I have lots of pictures to take with me to the states. I've got to show off my new home right (I've got a couple thousand pictures from Londiani but only a few from Nairobi).