Nairobi!!!

So Nairobi was a blast, though we only had a short time there unfortunately. We spent the day on Saturday in the slums of Kibera (one of the largest slums in the world with estimated over 1 million people) visiting a school for orphans, a crafts shop run by women with HIV/AIDS and a bone crafts shop run by a male youth group. We also visited a couple of community projects like a bio-centre for showers and sewage, as well as another youth group that volunteers going through the many mounds of garbage to recycle. It is a very dangerous place to be if a woman by yourself or anyone anytime at night, but by day it was a good albeit very eye-opening experience. I fell in love with the women and especially the children and definitely plan on returning and spending my next summer working there for some legal NGO in education if possible.

We also experienced actual Nairobi, went out to dinner to the infamous Carnivore (good food, but be prepared for 30% unexpected surcharges/taxes/etc) and then went out clubbing until 4:30am, which was a blast. Fed baby giraffes, saw baby elephants and one blind baby rhino, all very cool. The hostel was also very cool, it was like a campground, but also had a cheap restaurant with really good food and a bar. And a hobbit door!!! hahaha

But back to Arusha, which now feels like home. I was surprisingly really happy to be back after all the traveling over the weekend, especially after living in four person dorms that were smaller than my bedroom here. Still doing witness summaries at work, which is not so exciting, in fact quite boring. This weekend will be a chill weekend, probably including shopping on Saturday and then maybe we'll make it to the Hot Springs to go swimming if the weather is nice on Sunday, which would be awesome!! And it seems I may be going on a date this week with a gorgeous Frenchman ;)

I'll keep y'all updated!!! :)