Friday, January 16, 2009

Nairobi!

Hi everyone! I made it to Nairobi! I had a great flight to London, flying will never be the same...the great seat did not continue on...but the flight to Nairobi, 8 hours wasn't bad once we left...two hours late. The 8 hours to London was sheer bliss! It took about an hour to get my VISA last night, but hopefully it shouldn't take that much time on the way back through next weekend. I got a good nap beginning about 1:30am and I woke up every 20 minutes to make sure I didn't oversleep and miss my flight to Kilimanjaro :) I repacked all my stuff, stored a giant bag at the hotel and met Jimmy, to drive out to the airport...it rained pretty hard this morning and they say its cool out...It's supposed to be hot, hot, hot! There are maribou storks flying all over the place, they call them scavengers out here. Oh, get this, on the flight to Nairobi, I met someone that knows Sarah Higgins, the woman taking me in come February! He thinks the world of her and says she is great. He is putting together a film, a documentary on a friend of Sarah's who was murdered. Ok, it's time to get some bottled water and find my gate...which is admittedly a two minute walk...but how much would it suck if I missed my flight because I was busy writing all of you?! Now that could be quite a sotry! Miss you all, take care...

2 comments:

Erin said...

Hey Melissa! Would you mind if i used your blog as part of my africa unit? Hope you're having fun! Can't wait to read more.
Erin

Melissa said...

Go for it!! Can't promise much, but feel free, what are you guys talking about?