After a peaceful night back at the house in Nairobi we woke up and started packing for our next adventure....Ol pejeta conservertory near Mt. Kenya. First we got to experience the market as we needed to get good and supplies for the trip.
The mall is basically just like ours back hone but they have butcher shops for meat, grocery stores for fresh fruit and veggies and small clothing shops and knick knack shops. Nakama is like the Wal-Mart of Africa which basically everything you could need and prices similar to American goods. Will and i got pop to bring along which will be a nice treat. They ever had a pizza hut street car but i didnt have enough time to try it. Maybe next Friday when we go to the misai market (farmers market/flea market)
When we arrived home our safari truck pulled up. This thing is right out of the movies. Our driver, Joshua, we be with is for the next five days as we enjoy seeing the sight and animals of kenya.
Our three hour ride to our destination was very interesting. We got to see corn fields, coffee fields, del Monte pineapple fields which will be imported to the usa, logging farms, tree farms, rice fields, cows, goats and chickens everywhere. Roadside markets selling fresh local fruit, coal, rice. They are a year round growing season so they can usually get two crops depending on the rain. They are currently in a mild drought so water supplies are limited. Jennifer said in may they had to truck water to their house in order to have a water supply.
No matter where we go people are always trying to sell you something. So people are high and want to be very persistent while others let you be. When I think of a third world country I dont expect everyone to have cell phones and modern convenience but they are very modern here but about 15 years behind us. The music they listen to is the music I listened to at the skating rink 15 years ago. They have car washes and televisions and most places have Wi-Fi. Golf courses and dominos pizza. Their water is full of bacteria but they still drink it so they are sick alot. Jenn keeps saying there are the haves and the have nots. When we went to knokama it was like shopping at shopko back home.
But then you drive through the villages and you see such filth and poverty, but they could be the riches people around. Kids go to elementary school and depending on the parents finances go to high school and beyond. Jobs are limited as there is way more people than jobs so unemployment rates are way high. The cost of labor is so cheap here so the women and the men both work depending on what jobs are available. It is a different world in most ways but in some ways not so much.
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