Our Journey to Kenya

Well, here we are at the airport, enjoying a few minutes to sit and do nothing after the excitements of the past few days. It turns out that we could easily have spent a few more days pottering around rather than the mad dash that we have been forced to endure.

The last few days have gone as follows…

First, we left our jobs, a teary occasion for Joanna.

We then had a wedding, which took up the weekend (you know who you are, hope the honeymoon’s going okay…) once assorted visits to relatives were factored in.

We then spent Monday, not packing as planned, but chasing banks, as one card after another toppled due to suspected fraud. Argh. But ‘at least you know your money is safe’…

On Tuesday we packed, seemingly all day.

Anyway, the airplane calls.

We (and all our luggage) are now in Kenya. We were greeted at the airport by James and his driver and had a smooth drive thorough Nairobi to our new home (and luxury suite) in Karen where after a brief tour we collapsed in bed.

It is surprisingly cold here, everyone wears jumpers, but hopefully the sun will come out soon. Depressingly, given twelve hour days, I think everyone gets up with the sun, which as far as I can tell is at 6.00 (I was, at the time, dead to the world).

Everyone we have met has been very friendly to us, and we got up to a breakfast of cereal, tea, coffee, Juicy Mongo juice and yummy rolls.

Finally, the view from the bedroom window across the compound. Sadly no lions, giraffes, hippos et al yet, but we can hear lots of birds and even see the stars, a novelty after London.