The Spewing of Facts and Events

We've made it to Chogoria. Almost three days of travel and we are finally here.

Our flights were long, the over-night in Nairobi was relaxing, the drive was a little stressful and dirty, and the house is an adventure, but we are here and ready for the journey to really start.

There are so many things to tell, so bare with the randomness and interesting compostion of this journal post. The rest of the posts by me will have a little bit more of a theme and the other members of our group will fill you in on there parts of the day.

Last night, we stayed at the Presbyterian Guest House in Nairobi. It was very clean and comfortable. Everyone was able to shower and get a pretty good nights sleep. The morning brought a fresh and delcious breakfast with fresh juice, omletes made to order and the most delicious watermelon I have ever eaten.

Walking around with the camera, I wasn't sure how people would react. Mostly, I have been greeted with smiles and posing. The man who was making the omelets and a security gaurd both posed and due to Darla's brilliant printer, we were able to print them both copies. Of course we won't be able to do this for everyone we meet because we only have so many pictures, so we agreed to print most of them for the children in Abby's class at the primary school.

Chogoria seems a little cleaner and calmer than Nairobi, where traffic is death defying and the people fearlessly walk in front of the busses and many Japanese cars.

Where we are staying, the Clive Irvine Hospital Compound, is secluded and the greenery is lush and creates a really cozy feeling. The house is incredibly similar to cabins at a bible camp I used to work at. (Upper Missouri Ministries, in Epping ND if you were wondering. ) The walls are white and the doors are a bright light blue.

Bathrooms are a little difficult, with toilets that aren't quite complete. One of the bathrooms doesn't even have a toilet, but is a porcelin hole in the ground. It would be perfect for boys, if we had any. The shower's heat is turned on outside of the bathroom. The water heaters work pretty well, but you have to be careful they don't get to hot and burn your skin off.

Chris and Cindy are staying in a guest house a short walk away. That's where we will eat our meals. They have a little bit of a nicer set up, with a refridgerator and there is a rumor that there is a much nicer shower over there, but I never checked.

For supper, we had chipoltes, noodles, meet to put on the noodles with carrots, cabbage, bananas and passion fruit. Passion fruit, is a bit like snot with seeds in it, but it is delicious.  The bananas are the most perfect and delectable bananas ever.

Wow, that was a lot of information spewed in an unorganized and kind of boring way. Please excuse this post. Most of things I post in the future I want to have more a meaning, but this is what is pouring out of my finger tips right now.

I might post again tonight, once I have collected my thoughts.