Nairobi again

I left Arusha on Wednesday for Nairobi and have just been hanging out here since then. The people who were interested in going to Uganda with me bailed for now but I may go after the election.

Nairobi is awesome. I really like it here. My first night here I got on a bus with a guy I met at my hostel with no idea where it was going. We ended up in Issley (spelling??) and hung out with some Kenyans in a bar talking politics for several hours and then later were invited into a Somali Duka (store) to hang out chatting until 1am. It was quite the adventure.

Over the weekend I went to Upperhill, where I stayed the first time I was in Nairobi and met with about 8 peace corp volunteers. It was a great time. I had Ethiopian food 2 nights in a row. FANTASTIC and cheap.

I came back to Milimani hostel last night to meet volunteers from Arusha who are coming in for the election. A few of us went out dancing last night. I had an unusual situation occur however when an older African man picked me up from my upper thieghs and began dry humping my legs. An Aussie man saved me from this disconcerting scenario and then the African man promptly whispered in my ear, "It's ok, I'm a Muslim" and showed me his Koran. I have no words for this.

Today some friends and I went on a guided walk through Kibera - Africa's second largest slum. It was remarkable. We got to see schools and see the places where all the election violence occurred a few months ago. we got to talk to people who witnessed it too. It is really interesting and I felt safe the entire time. It isn't typically violent just very poor and lots of white people actually work there for NGOs.

I have met some journalists who just graduated from Northwestern who I may go to Rwanda with. On the return maybe hit up Uganda. I really hope money can hold out.

It has been a long day and it seems high time for a nap. I have to rest up for the election...