We left St Ives at 09:35 on Sunday morning. We were concerned that the roads may be blocked in places due to flooding that had taken place the day before. In the event we arrived at Heathrow airport early. Our flight was in two stages; stage one was 6 hours to Dubai, then a four hour wait for our connecting flight to Nairobi, another 5 hours of flying. Eventually we arrived at Gracia Gardens our accommodation for the first two nights, exhausted.
Some of you may have flown into Dubai. It is so hot, over 40oC and the duty free is full of quality goods. The city is built in a desert. Everywhere in the airport people are reading Harry Potter!
We were met at the airport by Obongita Osore (Fred). He is the Kenyan Director of Sporting Chance International. On our arrival we discussed at length the proposed itinerary. Several changes are likely, because of over optimistic plans. We simply cannot fit it all in.
As you can see, the guesthouse has PCs with USB, skpe and an internet connection. It is impressive the speed that technology is moving here. Of course, it is not widely available though. Most folks have TVs but very few have cars, even the well paid people. The growing gap between relatively well off and poor is becoming more obvious. Inside the compound of the guesthouse it is all quite pleasant. Kibera, where we are due to officially open a classroom later in our stay, there is abject poverty.
It is a little warmer here than home, about 20oC. Nairobi is usually overcast which keeps the temperature down. It is not hot everywhere in Africa all of the time. When it rains here in Kenya it is like the rain the Midlands had last week. Since the country strides the Equator, it gets light at about 06:30 and dark at 06:30 every day with only slight seasonal variation. There is very little twilight. This is their cooler time of the year.
Not a whole lot more to tell you. Things will get up and running tomorrow. I’m off for some food before posting this to the blog.
Some of you may have flown into Dubai. It is so hot, over 40oC and the duty free is full of quality goods. The city is built in a desert. Everywhere in the airport people are reading Harry Potter!
We were met at the airport by Obongita Osore (Fred). He is the Kenyan Director of Sporting Chance International. On our arrival we discussed at length the proposed itinerary. Several changes are likely, because of over optimistic plans. We simply cannot fit it all in.
As you can see, the guesthouse has PCs with USB, skpe and an internet connection. It is impressive the speed that technology is moving here. Of course, it is not widely available though. Most folks have TVs but very few have cars, even the well paid people. The growing gap between relatively well off and poor is becoming more obvious. Inside the compound of the guesthouse it is all quite pleasant. Kibera, where we are due to officially open a classroom later in our stay, there is abject poverty.
It is a little warmer here than home, about 20oC. Nairobi is usually overcast which keeps the temperature down. It is not hot everywhere in Africa all of the time. When it rains here in Kenya it is like the rain the Midlands had last week. Since the country strides the Equator, it gets light at about 06:30 and dark at 06:30 every day with only slight seasonal variation. There is very little twilight. This is their cooler time of the year.
Not a whole lot more to tell you. Things will get up and running tomorrow. I’m off for some food before posting this to the blog.
3 comments:
u must of been well tired when you got there. i get bored and tired afta 2 or 3 hrs of flying! and harry potter is the thing out there is it ?? hope you had a really good time
u must of been well tired when you got there. i get bored and tired afta 2 or 3 hrs of flying! and harry potter is the thing out there is it ?? hope you had a really good time
wow that is a lot of traveling, but all for a good cause !!
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