Day 5: Today was the “first day at the office” the morning was articulated around some briefings on security and Kenyan polices. The security briefing was meant to give us some awareness on the dangers that Nairobi’s presents. I had already read a lot about Nairobi AKA Nairobbery but nothing could have prepared me to the scenarios presented by one the CARE staff. The picture painted was one of absolute terror: car jacking, gun point robbery, people waiting at the gate to rob you. We were told never to walk alone never to use public transport never to walk alone when is dark, bank on the fact that we will “loose” our cell phones and that even the CARE office is not theft free. After this grim picture we were scared even to walk outside the CARE compound! Fortunately the local student told us that the situation is not as bad as it was described. I guess they just wanted us to keep our wits about!
In the evening we went to the Carnivore a famous Nairobi restaurant that serves all kind of bbq met non stop. The carnivore used to serve all kind of game meet unfortunately because of poaching the Government made illegal serving game such as, zebra, giraffe and wildebeest. So we only manage to eat crocodile, camel and ostrich as well as beef, chicken and pork. The evening went very well we managed to bond the with Kenyan students overall it was nice to have everybody around the table enjoys few drinks and good food. During dinner we had a great drink made with vodka and honey, literarily 3 measures of vodka and a big scoop of hones served with lots of ice! A “sweet” way to relax.