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* My camera is broken. As in, completely. I lost it yesterday evening without noticing it, it fell out of a matatu (mini-busses used everywhere here, kind of like private taxis). Only because of much luck I got it back around an our later. A conductor of another matatu had seen it fall an knew the driver of the matatu I was in and contacted him. Unfortunately before he picked it up someone stepped on it or it was run over, I'm not sure. So, my camera is basically squished and unusable. Which is bad, because I really need to take more pictures next week, not only for me, but for the project. I have an insurance for it, but I can't really wait until I get back to germany. It's bad it has to happen now, but honestly, I'm very, very lucky I got it back and this was got back the SD Card with all the pictures I took yesterday, because ...
* I've been finally out of the city! It was and will be the only trip out of Nairobi and except the above thing it was really nice. We went to Lake Naivasha and had a little boat tour there, then a walk up to the border of a crater. We saw zebras and giraffes and many more animals (no cheetas or anything like that, unfortunately), pictures will follow (IF the card still works, haven't tried it yet, I have to admit).
* The people here are all really religious. 80% are christians and all the students I've talked to go to church every sunday and were very surprised to hear that we are all atheists or at least not serious at all about our religion.
* I've been to two slums, Kangemi and Kibera. The last one is the biggest slum in east africa and has an estimated inhabitants of over a million people. It's a kind of poverty there you can't really imagine until you've seen it. I took pictures which I'll show later. We've always stayed on the 'main road' and I can't say I felt threatened, even if we were told to be very careful and not to take pictures openly, especially in certain areas. It's strange that this part of the city is still, well, just like any other city-district. It got schools, there are shops, most people wear clothes you wouldn't expect in a slum, but for example they actually *do* pay rent for the little huts they live in.
* I get the whole two weeks at the ymca paid! Yay! :D
* And last but not least, a picture of our group (part of it, actually):
* I've been finally out of the city! It was and will be the only trip out of Nairobi and except the above thing it was really nice. We went to Lake Naivasha and had a little boat tour there, then a walk up to the border of a crater. We saw zebras and giraffes and many more animals (no cheetas or anything like that, unfortunately), pictures will follow (IF the card still works, haven't tried it yet, I have to admit).
* The people here are all really religious. 80% are christians and all the students I've talked to go to church every sunday and were very surprised to hear that we are all atheists or at least not serious at all about our religion.
* I've been to two slums, Kangemi and Kibera. The last one is the biggest slum in east africa and has an estimated inhabitants of over a million people. It's a kind of poverty there you can't really imagine until you've seen it. I took pictures which I'll show later. We've always stayed on the 'main road' and I can't say I felt threatened, even if we were told to be very careful and not to take pictures openly, especially in certain areas. It's strange that this part of the city is still, well, just like any other city-district. It got schools, there are shops, most people wear clothes you wouldn't expect in a slum, but for example they actually *do* pay rent for the little huts they live in.
* I get the whole two weeks at the ymca paid! Yay! :D
* And last but not least, a picture of our group (part of it, actually):