good morning from nairobi!

It’s funny how things come back to you so quickly – and being back in Nairobi is like riding a bike, somethings you never forget – even after 2 1/2 years!

Let’s start with the notorious roundabouts from the airport to the city centre. To the average Kenyan – it’s part of life, the traffic congestion, and maneuvering through the roundabouts – it’s orchestrated chaos. To the average person who is not accustomed to this – it’s like being shot from a canon into a spinning wheel, you close your eyes and hope you don’t hit any spokes on the way in and that you make it out of the other side in one piece. I guess I am part Kenyan – it’s just part of driving here – and it didn’t phase me.

Then upon arrival, I was presented with a glass of mango juice. There is something about the juice here that is sooooo good! And for breakfast I had my fill of fresh fruit – there is just something about the fruit here – it is so fresh, so sweet, ripe and so delicious. So it should be no surprise that I had two large plates of fruit this morning – watermelon, papaya, mango and pineapple.

My Hotel – The Sarova Stanley Hotel

This morning I was up bright and early – 4:00 am to be exact. I tried to go back to sleep, but with the travel and time change that was not in the cards. So I decided to take advantage of the hotel wifi and cleared out my email, got caught up on Instagram and browsed through Facebook. Then at 6:00 am I was off to the hotel gym for a great workout – 20 minutes running on the treadmill, followed core and ab work, followed by upper body strength training. It felt good to be traveling and not to neglect my workouts.

Feeling the burn at the gym!

After my workout, a nice shower, yes a shower. You may ask the significance of this – well this will be the last time in two weeks that I will have the luxury of a long and warm shower like this. I can shower at the Flying Kites house, but it’s quick and the hot water is hit or miss. Funny the things we take for granted back home.

Breakfast was next on the agenda – I splurged and had a couple of Kenyan Donuts, Mandazi, with my coffee – another thing that brought back memories – that strong, dark Kenyan coffee – half a cup coffee, half a cup warm milk – it’s that strong! I then enjoyed two eggs – cooked to order, served over wheat toast and drizzled with a spicy pickled mango oil (my own egg creation!) – fresh juice and that fresh fruit I mentioned earlier.

So I am off to get my gear ready as Stanley will be here at 10:00 am to drive me to Njabini!

until next time…..