Nairobi - Kenya

I ATE SOME FRUIT FOR BREAKFAST AND FOUND A CABBIE THAT WOULD DRIVE ME INTO THE SLUMS OR KIBERA IN NAIROBI. FIRST I WENT TO VILLAGE MARKET WHICH MADE ME FEEL LIKE I WAS IN A WEALTHY COUNTRY AND DEFINATELY NOT A THIRD WORLD ONE. THIS IS WHERE ALL THE EXPATS, INDIANS, AND RICH PEOPLE FREQUENTED. JUICE STANDS, STEAKHOUSES, AND MASSAGE PARLOURS IN A SHOPPING COMPLEX COMPLETE WITH A CINEMA. AFTER FOUND AN AUTHENTIC AFRICAN RESTAURANT ATE SOME UGALI, A KENYAN STARCHY DISH SORT OF LIKE A MIX BETWEEN A LUMB OF RICE AND A PANCAKE. YOU DIP IT IN THE CHICKEN OR BEEF STEW AND ITS PRETTY FILLING. FROM THERE WE WENT TO THE SNAKE FARM AND I GOT TO SEE A CROC AND A ROCK PYTHON. THE ROCK PYTHON IS KIND OF LIKE AN ANACONDA. I HOPE I CAN SEE ONE IN THE WILD, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE. FINALLY WE HEADED TO KIBERA, ONE OF THE WORST AND LARGEST SLUMS IN THE WORLD AND THE LARGEST IN AFRICA. CRIME AND AIDS ARE A HUGE PROBLEM AND THERES OVER A MILLION PEOPLE LIVING IN AN AREA THATS 1.5 SQ MILES BIG. NOT MANY DRIVERS WILL TAKE A MZUMBA AKA WHITE PERSON IN THERE AT ALL. I FOUND ONE AND HE THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY, BUT I HAD TO SEE IT FOR MYSELF. THE ROADS WERE NARROW AND TIGHT SO ANYONE WHO WANTED TO ROB OR STOP US COULDVE EASILY DONE SO. IT WAS PRETTY CRAZY HOW THEY LIVED AND I WAS THE ONLY WHITE PERSON FOR IN THE WHOLE SLUM FOR SURE. I HAD TO BE CAREFUL TAKING PICTURES BUT I GOT A FEW GOOD SHOTS AND MADE IT OUT ALIVE. MY CABBIE SEEMED HAPPY ABOUT THAT TOO. IN ONE DAY I GOT TO SEE THE NICE LIFE AND THE TERRIBLE LIFE IN NAIROBI. IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING AND AN OFF THE BEATEN PATH WAY TO EXPERIENCE NAIROBI. SUCK IT KAREN BILIXEN MUSEUM. IN A LITTLE BIT I WILL BE MEETING MY SAFARI GROUP TO DISCUSS THE TRIP THAT WE ARE STARTING TOMORROW.