Thika

Traffic: Nothing. Nothing. Compares to traffic in Nairobi. Thank god the Chinese are coming.




14 Falls: We didn't know where the falls were so once we got to Thika we started stopping and asking people for directions. We probably would've gotten more complete answers if we'd offered fifty shillings. The drive was fun for me- there were many "only in Africa" moments. Goats and cows on the road. Custom furniture shops on the road. Once we got there Dahlia tried to convince them that I was a resident so we could all get the discount. They ended up not giving it to any of us... and they made us pay 150 shillings (2 American dollars, it's the principle) for having a camera. They also charged us for driving a car. Oh, Africa. It was really muddy so we were pretty much four wheeling. I didn't get in the water since I figured that was a sure way to get hepatitis.


Greens! This is what Mrs. Perez (Dahlia's housekeeper) makes us like two meals a day. Delicious. She makes the tea by boiling lemongrass blades from outside.


More of Dahlia's family arrived tonight. We just had dinner (at midnight) which consisted of sukuma, rice, beef stew, salad, fried tilapia, and ground beef. French cheese and bread. Red wine. FRUIT. I can't get enough of the mangoes! I listened to stories about the Togolese military and government for a few hours as the stories got crazier and crazier.

I went for my first run in Kenya with Dahlia's dad today. I had an altitude headache for most of the afternoon but I was surprisingly able to keep up. We ran for an hour. Hopefully, I'll leave Africa in better shape than I arrived in.