1/10/02 Nairobi,. Kenya (Phill)
Well, I didn't really see uch of Nairobi. We were pretty much locked up in a compound to keep us safe. I met some crazy coked-out Kenyan's. Rich white kids pretty much, but they were entertaining for a day. Slowly some of the other participants arrived and I really got on well with them. Seems like it's mostly Kiwi's and Aussies that are heading home after having worked in London for a while. They're lots of fun of course, and it's entertaining watching the rivalry between them. Most of the kids I really got a long well with aren't actually on my trip, they're doing the trip all the way to Cape Town and take 5 weeks to do what we do in 3. We all do the same stuff it's just we have longer drives (up to 12 hours per day). The driver and guide are both cool, Brett and V.
I'm partnered up with a kiwi called Stewart. He's been over in the uk playing cricket for 6 months, and we get along well. Our little sub group consists of a scot (me!), 3 kiwi's and 2 aussies. The age range on the trip is from 18 to 38, both of the extreme's are in our group, and funniliy enough the 38 years olds are far less mature than the 18 year old! It's great fun.
Anyway, our first day was a long drive down to Arusha. Crossing the border was good fun, lots of people trying to sell you trinkets and rip you off with fake money. They were trying an old trick where they offer to trade you a slightly torn US $20 for two of your $10's. The twenty's a fake and you get stuck with money you can't use. It's easy to bear though cause if you look at a US 10 or 20 in on the back in the bottom left corner inside the number 20. Look close and you'll see that the shading is actually words. Photocopiers can't copy these words well and on a fake you can't read them clearly.....
Posted by Admin at October 9, 2002 01:03 AM