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elfySo, yes I landed safely yesterday. I just have a few minutes to catch up with my mails, it took me ages to find an open internet cafe here and I wanted to meet the others again in a few minutes. Will get a Kenyan sim-card, so I'm able to make cheap calls :)
First impressions and random things:
The landing was ugh. Not because the landing itself was bad, but I felt really sick. Bah!
They didn't want to let on of the the other students into the country, didn't want to grant him a visa. He is with us now, but only on monday it's decided if he can stay or not. Sooo stupid :-/ (He has a german passport, but is Ukranian and it seems they never saw something like this and don.t accept it.)
We do have single rooms, they are small, but okayish. Could need some renovation, but well ... it's okay, I can sleep there, that's all I need.
African food is - until now - not my thing. We were at two different restaurants yesterday, both were also okayish, but, well, just not my thing. But I don't give up, I guess I'll find something I really like sooner or later :)
The people from the Goethe Institute are great!
I saw giraffes! But only from afar, as we drove into the city from the airport.
We're really in the inner city here, so not much nature to see ... at least nothing more exotic than a gecko at the bathroom window or shiny colorful flowers.
Nairobians are nice people, very helpful, but my good, there are so many people who try to get something from you (money, most of all), by offering a ride or whatever. I mean it's like, whenever someone approaches *you* and is nice to you, you basically have to expect he will want money for his help afterwards. But that seems to be a very Nairobian thing, Mombasa for example it totally different.
Ah, so much more to tell, but I gotta leave :)
I'll probably write more the next days, not sure when pictures will follow.
Many greetings from faaaar away ;)
First impressions and random things:
The landing was ugh. Not because the landing itself was bad, but I felt really sick. Bah!
They didn't want to let on of the the other students into the country, didn't want to grant him a visa. He is with us now, but only on monday it's decided if he can stay or not. Sooo stupid :-/ (He has a german passport, but is Ukranian and it seems they never saw something like this and don.t accept it.)
We do have single rooms, they are small, but okayish. Could need some renovation, but well ... it's okay, I can sleep there, that's all I need.
African food is - until now - not my thing. We were at two different restaurants yesterday, both were also okayish, but, well, just not my thing. But I don't give up, I guess I'll find something I really like sooner or later :)
The people from the Goethe Institute are great!
I saw giraffes! But only from afar, as we drove into the city from the airport.
We're really in the inner city here, so not much nature to see ... at least nothing more exotic than a gecko at the bathroom window or shiny colorful flowers.
Nairobians are nice people, very helpful, but my good, there are so many people who try to get something from you (money, most of all), by offering a ride or whatever. I mean it's like, whenever someone approaches *you* and is nice to you, you basically have to expect he will want money for his help afterwards. But that seems to be a very Nairobian thing, Mombasa for example it totally different.
Ah, so much more to tell, but I gotta leave :)
I'll probably write more the next days, not sure when pictures will follow.
Many greetings from faaaar away ;)