I will be quick as the internet cost is by the minute. Today has been very full. The pace is set by 20-somethings, but we are keeping up. We landed at 6 am and had a 1 hour break, before being whisked off for the kids programs and the slums. We have seen very bad neighborhoods. Driving and walking in front of cars, vans and buses is insane. We had 3 vans transporting us, with guards, to the MYSA kids program and the 2nd biggest slum in Nairobi. At our hotel a soldier, carrying his rifle in a very visible manner, appeared, but he was not one of our guards. He was for some famous person coming to the hotel.
One of our drivers was clipped by a 4-wheeler, and that driver came out and starting to slap our driver! Dave and I joined a pick up soccer game on some hard dirt surface. I stopped on hit towards the goal with my shin--so much for my soccer skills!
The tennis writer for the London Times was on our flight and in our van, sent to interview Martina bout her climb. He was fun to talk to about some McEnroe bad boy stories.
Deshaun was in our van--she has climbed 5 of the 7 summits, and would be on this climb, except that she is pregnanat. She is from South Africa and very sweet and smart about climbing. She has climbed Denali and was on Everest during the famous Into Thin Air storm that Jon Krakauer wrote about.
We are still learning how to eat without getting traveler's dysentry. The hotel gave us a box lunch and we ate the veggie sandwiches, which were washed in tap water--that's a no-no. But we are ok-no aftereffects.
We get up at 4 am for our flight to Mt. Kilimanjaro airport. I should be able to send 1 more email tomorrow from the Marangu Hotel.
Happy Trails,
Linda and David
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