Nairobi

We made it safely to Nairobi Wednesday night around 8:00. Fortunately all of our flights were on time and all our luggage arrived. We got through customs pretty quickly and headed out to the Mayfield Guest House. On our way we stopped by the Java House for dinner. I always get a little nervous when ordering food in a foreign country because you never know what it will be like, but my steak and cheese sandwich and chips (fries) were great!

Once we got to the Mayfield House, I took a shower (which felt so good!) and repacked my belongings. I can only take some of my stuff to Sudan now. The rest will come when the rest of the team flies home in 10 days. Then I popped a Melatonin, put in my ear plugs and had the best sleep I have ever had. I guess hours without sleep will do that to you!

After breakfast, I got a massage. Yes, you read right, a massage. Life is rough! Suzy knows someone who does massages so she came to the Mayfield house for me and Sheena. The rest of the team will get one on the way home. It was awesome (and only $13 for an hour)! After lunch we plan to go to the Girafe center and then to Mama Zipporah's Orphange.

Tomorrow around 11:00am, we'll fly to Sudan. Apparently we are taking a different plane so it will only take three and a half hours to get to Tonj with only one stop for fuel. Last time it took six hours with two stops for fuel. The night we get to Sudan we'll be having a party to celebrate a few birthdays. I think that means we are having goat. Is there a polite way to say for my birthday the best present I could have is no goat?!

><> Stacie