Fear not, I've made it to Nairobi

And this is exactly where I am at the moment....

I wish I could make this blog post all pretty but I'm in Nairobi (I've only been here for 48 hours) and I know what the internet is like now: Not very fast or helpful. So this will be a really short (but hopefully informative) post which is just enough to let you all know that I am okay!

So - Our first say here, we obviously did the most East African thing you could think of...I don't know how much you know about East Africa so I'm just going to tell you what that is, which is: Go on Safari. Going on Safari involves us going on a game drive, looking for animals and today, we did this at Nairobi National Park, which is a part located right IN the City of Nairobi.

Guys... I saw lions!

It was completely surreal and the whole time, everyone on the program could barely believe that we were in East Africa!

My first impression:
Nairobi has a TON of construction going on at the moment. Going into the city takes about 40 mins each way when a drive of this distance would take about 15 mins in Montreal or Toronto. The city is extremely crowded and despite all the hustle and bustle, it moves at a snails pace.
The trucks we travel around in ensure that we draw a lot of attention to ourselves: Click here for a picture and our tour operator called BUNDUZ! They have been taking care of the program students for over 8 years.

we ride around in TWO of these

Today (day 2) - we spent time with the University of Nairobi students and walked with them through the downtown core of Nairobi and learned about their experiences in school and as students in this city. We became INSTA friends because the Kenyans are extremely warm people and by the end of the day, I had exchanged my contact info to make sure I could meet my new friends when I come back to Nairobi after the program is over.


Anyways, that is it for now because I have class outside. I hope you are all jealous :)


Pictures from Nairobi National Park:

Notice the buildings in the background! The park is fenced off from civilization.

Learning about skulls in NNP

Some beautiful landscapes right in the city!