You know you are in Kenya when you see . . .
. . . motorized vehicles sharing the road with donkey drawn carts.
. . . vendors along the side (and sometimes on the road) selling produce.
. . . car washes located along streams and rivers.
. . . rocks being crushed by hand.
. . . maize (corn) drying on tarps in the sun.
. . . mothers walking and working with babies tied to their backs.
. . . men, women and children digging (hoeing) in their field by hand.
. . . children playing with homemade toys made out of plastic bags, plastic lids and maize stalks.
. . . partially completed buildings. (They don’t get loans here to build homes. Instead they build when they have money. That means they might be building a house for several years before it is complete.)
. . . young children (as young as 4 years) walking places unattended by an adult.
. . . men and women laying on a grassy spot taking a midday rest.
. . . something blooming every few feet.
. . . cattle, goats and sheep grazing everywhere.
Nairobi is the largest city in not only Kenya, but East Africa. For us Nairobi is a great place to visit because . . .
. . . the internet speed is much faster.
. . . you can find real DVDs, not pirated copies.
. . . many restaurants there have food resembling something you could order in the United States.
. . . you can browse in a bookstore.
. . . you can see a movie in a theater even if it might not be your favorite type of movie.
. . . you get excited when you find groceries like Dream Whip, lasagna noodles, green chilies, cream of mushroom soup, Coke Light (diet Coke) etc.
