Habari, New York!!!
We have all made it to Kenya, after two long flights. The first flight, from New York to Dubai, was about twelve hours, but luckily there were a lot of movies on the plane. We stayed in the Dubai airport for about an hour, and we realized that the UAE has too much money. It is probably the swankiest airport on earth. We then boarded a flight to Nairobi, which was about four and a half hours. Because we were so jet-lagged and tired, most of us slept on that flight. Although most of us were sleeping, the people that were awake witnessed the most hilarious dance ever. The attendants began running up and down the aisles, spraying insect repellant, without telling the passengers. We then met Kristi, our “fearless” instructor from the WLS, at the airport. Then we drove from the airport to the Masai Lodge, a very nice hotel which was even more amazing than Mr. Clarke had described to us. On this drive, we saw what Nairobi was like, including some shanty towns. At the lodge, we got our rooms, which are some very nice bungalows. Because of the jet-lag, we all went to sleep pretty early. The next morning we had breakfast and then took a hike to a glass factory. On the way we had to cross a very rickety cable bridge, which made many people, including our “fearless” instructor, feel that they were about to fall off of. At the glass factory, we saw some amazing glass and metal works. We also saw some glass blowers in the process of making a glass crocodile. We also saw a bunch of hyraxes, which are very cute, rodent-like animals. After the glass factory, we headed back to the Masai Lodge and had lunch. So far, we are all alright and no one is sick, injured, dead, etc…, so you DO NOT have to worry.
