Whoa, the past few days have been a whirlwind. I'll be brief (since this is one of 3 journals I'm supposed to be keeping), but I'm having a good time. We head to Uganda at the end of the week, but this week we've been checking out Nairobi. Tuesday was spent at Nairobi National Park looking at giraffes, lions, buffalo and waterbeasts from affar. I talked the politics of gazetting parks with our guide and took lots of pictures. Today involved visiting University of Nairobi and a lot of free beer. We learned a bit about the geography of the city and got a short tour of the campus and business district with a few of the students. After that was a meet and greet with the students at ISIPE (mainly biologists and math guys) that involved tasty samosas and a lot of free Tusker. I wound up spending most of the night talking South African politics with a Cameroonian named Felix, who had been studying in Pretoria. So yeah, I'm off to set up my cell phone and write in my travel journal. Tomorrow, visiting the UN and the Kibera slums.
Cheers
-Dave
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CELL PHONE?!!?!?!?! O GLORIOUS CONTACT!!! ps: cookie monster is still on my arm...people are starting to think i dont shower >_<
glad you are happy, political chat is ongoing, beer is available, cell phone forthcoming, mood up-beat. Grover's head got weird, so Jen is the winner of the group effort.
XO mobb (mother-of-blog-boy)
I also want to know the quality of Kenyan Bear... or beer... if Kenya has us beat on bears then i don't know what the world is coming to.
keep us posted, and stay proverbially real while out there.
peace,
Mahmud
Sounds like your trip's been worthwhile so far - wildlife, beer, political discussions - that covers just about all your objectives!
I went back to work today. I chatted with my colleague Zohra. You made a real impression on her :-) Her husband was politically involved when he used to live in Algeria, and Zohra has helps to raise money for orphans in Algeria. She'd love to have you over when you get back to Montreal.
It's -25 C in Montreal tonight. I'll bet it's not -25 C in Nairobi. Enjoy!
Bill xxx
o.o...PHONE????????????? yay! unlike Jen, Oscar the Grouch seems to have abandoned me...maybe I'm not grouchy enough for him *shakes fist in air*...glad you're having fun sweetie-pie! I'm glad you're having fun...you best be planning to bring a million pictures home sir! mmmk...well I'm off to the land of homework and boredom seeing as I.B. still rules my life : (...remember you still owe Larry that picture with the Lion and the burger sir ^.~
-Little sis<3
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