Habari za leo! The water is back on and things and just in time to shower and go out for the weekend. On Friday we went to a place called Carnivore and the Simba Saloon for dancing. It is a pretty ritzy place for Kenya and a big attraction for the wealthy and tourist as they serve you about every kind of meat imangiable...ostrich, alligator, etc. Afterwards people go next door for dancing...I think the Kenyans were getting a kick out of watching the "mzun...

Jambo!! My first week of class is done! I have had alot of Kiswahili, four hours every morning. Then either my international development class or country analysis in the afternoon. We had the afternoon off to go to the Immigration Office in the city center to get our "resident status" and a couple extra stamps in our passport so we can have a multiple entry visa in case we decide to take a trip to Uganda or Tanzania. It was over a two hour project thu...

The digestive problems are "better" today. I even managed to eat tilapia last night that was boiled in this red "gravy" with the head, skin, everything...all intact. Thanks Mama Mary! She is from Kisumu near Lake Victoria, so she loves fish so I guess I better start getting used to eating WHOLE-unfilleted fish. The meeting with the ambassador was kinda boring, but semi-informative I guess. Apparently it's televised in the U.S. but I didn'...

Today was our first day of class....I did not begin the day on a very good note, but it has shaped up to be a decent day. Afterall, it is 85 degrees and sunny...beautiful February weather. I woke up to wonderful mix of digestive problems, of course that does not mean I do not have to eat breakfast and tea. After a few trips to the bathroom I managed to sit down and drink some tea and talked my host mom into letting me take the bread along on our 45 minute walk...

Hi Everyone! I have officially arrived in Nairobi. The weather is still great and I am certainly well fed. I am quite positive that I will be at least a ton when I get back. EVERYTHING is fried in as much oil as possible. It is just me and my host mom, Mary, and her "distant relative" who is an orphan she took in so she can go to school, but she also does all the cleaning. She is 14 yrs and her name is Lillian. The dad is in their rural home in Kis...