Safari Mission 2010 (Karibu Kenya!)

Day 1: 07/08/10 Nairobi International Hotel (Kahama Hotel)

1st Night in Nairobi

Morning: Patty and I flew Swiss through Zurich to Nairobi. We had prayed that they be lenient with us because of our excess luggage but in the end we had to return one full 23Kg bag that we had wanted to give away.

Our prayer was answered in part because they waved through my 26.6kg bag and let me have three piece of hand luggage instead of one.while patty had two.

When we got to Zurich they tagged our bags and wanted to check them in but later the guy said "am gonna have to make an exception today" and we did not have go like grovel or beg at all. Gods grace and our love and passion went with us all the way.


Evening:We arrived@ Jomo Kenyatta international at about 18:45 and had a rather speedy exit compared to the real delay people experienced at the immigration post. This is because August is high season and there were just too many people lined up to get their visas or have their passport stamped for entry. But as we waited at the tail end of a rather long queue and surrounded by people who appear to have become too weary to care, we were called to move to the exit reserved for flight crew and we hurried off and Patty got her visa right away and all her worries about them asking this or that vaporized in a couple of minutes and we were out picking our luggage.

Karibuni Nairobi

We got to Kahama and reunited with Jagoda and her parents, they seemed to have had a rather interesting day going round the city with a Taxi driver in tow as body guard cum tour guide.

They were already in bed when we arrived and we all had dinner together in the restaurant downstairs and they all seem to be quite happy with the Kahama environment and the good laid back ambiance of the place.