Cold and rainy?

Hmm...the typical stereotype that Africa is hot and dry is being shattered in Nairobi. It's about 60 degrees and drizzling right now.

The past week has been crazy - I'll attempt to summarize the biggest events for you.

Friday I finally went on my first safari! There is a park here in Nairobi that is right down the road from the airport where I work, so some of us took Friday off and spent it there. You just pay to enter and then drive your own vehicle around the park at your leisure. It was awesome - herds of zebras, many giraffes, gazelles, impalas, ostriches, secretary birds, buffalo...it was great. We also had the unfortunate but hilarious-after-the-fact experience of being attacked by baboons at one point.

Unfortunately on Friday we also had some things stolen, and I lost my laptop with all of my pictures from my time here (even from the safari that day). I'm pretty disappointed about that. So enjoy the pictures that are posted here on the blog, because that's about all I have right now! :)

Sunday we went to the Masai Market for the first time. The vendors take over a section of the parking lot at a shopping center in Nairobi and you can find basically any souvinier you can imagine. It's definitely an experience, but you can get some pretty cool stuff.

Work is still going well, and keeping me busy. Right now I'm still working to distribute contacts to all the Kenyan employees, and working on some orientation materials.

I leave three weeks from today - that's insane. Where did this summer (or winter, here) go?