I\u2019m in Nairobi! Sitting on the floor in my new livingroom grasping the fact that I\u2019m for the first time in my life \u201dsouth of Sahara.\u201d The journey here felt much shorter than I was expecting\u2013even though it was snowing i Istanbul and I was rerouted via Amsterdam. I arrived this morning and D. and O. the couple I\u2019m living with had sent a driver to come and pick me up. The driving here is almost even more crazy than in Riyadh, but my new \u2018rafiki\u2019 (friend in Swahili) and driver David felt safe. However, I don\u2019t think I will be heading out on the roads driving by myself anytime soon. Today I\u2019ve spent getting acquainted with my neighborhood Kilimani, just north of the city center. This will be my base for now. But my goal is to explore as much as possible. Of course I\u2019ve already gotten lost once, but during the day time most places around here feel and are safe, and people are in general very helpful. Looking for a small supermarket a woman guided me in the right direction, offered me some nuts and told me a little bit about her work with a local NGO. For now things are pretty relaxing. Tonight we are having dinner at an Ethiopian restaurant and I\u2019m going to try and get a hold of a Kenyan number so I can start contacting people to talk to about my project. And I need to figure out what I want to do and where I want to go when I\u2019m here\u2013as I feel and fear that these eight weeks will pass much faster than expected.<\/p>\n
Tuonane baadaye\u2013See you later!<\/p>\n