Remember how I said I was “floored by how many people are walking the streets…” Well yesterday we caught a taxi to Karen to interview George Forbes, and the trip there was an adventure in itself.

Firstly, there are no real road rules in Nairobi (and if there are, people don’t follow them). I seriously thought we were going to be in an accident – Michelle told me just not to look :-/ Tons of people selling anything and everything on the side of the road – fruit, newspapers, bubble blowers, phone chargers… I was pretty excited to see a Maasai Warrior just strolling along the side of the road. We also saw about 20 baboons (they’re kind of scary) run out from the bushes and straight across the traffic.

Don’t believe me when I say there’s hundreds of people walking along the side of the road?  Exhibit A – Warning found on a cask of wine:

The taxi driver ended up staying out the front of George and Emma’s house so he could get our fare back to the city – he waited 5-hours in his car (because if he would’ve gone back to the city, likelihood of him getting another job that day/night was very small) – you just can’t comprehend life here until you’ve seen and experienced it for yourself.

We fly to Juba early tomorrow morning. While Bryan and Michelle have been trying to ‘acclimatise’ me culturally, they’ve compared Nairobi vs. Juba, to Vegas vs. Yeppoon :-S Not sure one can really prepare themselves for what’s ahead but I’m just going to keep an open mind and ♥.

See you in Sudan…