Finally Here

After over 24 hours of traveling, I finally arrived in the beautiful city of Nairobi, Kenya. The past week has been both extremely exhausting and totally amazing. There are 18 of us American University students here and this first week of orientation has had us running all over the city, getting accustomed to the public transportation and acclimated to the way things run here. We have spent a lot of time visiting the internship possibilities available to us here, which has taken us to three different slums and a refugee camp. One of the most remarkable aspects of this city is its diversity. In a mere 10km you can go from gigantic castle style houses to tiny huts built out of corrugated tin. This past weekend we got to see rural Kenya as we stayed in a small town called Voi. Getting there was a hellish 6 hour drive in an old 24 passenger bus. Many of the roads in Kenya were built by the British before independence in 1963 and have not been repaired since then, making traveling outside of the city both bumpy and time-consuming. To sum it up, Kenya is amazing and I have a feeling that four months here may not be enough. Kwa heri ya kuonana!