In Nairobi

Sunday morning George and I left Tanzania. At 11:30, we took a small bus from Moshi to Arusha and then got on a bus with Kampala Coach heading to Nairobi. Our ride was going well at first. We got through the border easily, but had to wait over an hour because one of the passengers had been arrested for overstaying her visa. Somehow she was released and we got on our way again. 30 minutes later we had a flat tire that took about an hour to change. Finally we reached Nairobi around 8:30pm. Waiting to pick us up was our good friend, Gordon. We were really happy to see him. He took us to his place where we visited and ate dinner.

We were going to go back to Kisumu on Monday morning, but Gordon convinced us to stay an extra day. This morning (Monday), George and I went to check on my residency papers. Apparently nothing had been done. :( They were supposed to request his passport file from Kisumu, but never did. We were told the person who collected our paperwork didn't care to do that - which means it wasn't worth his time since we didn't brie him. We spoke to a couple people who promised to request the file and start the process. We'll see...

After we finished there, we went to Gordon's office for a bit before proceeding to my favorite place for lunch... JAVA. I haven't eaten a meal there in over a year. It was fabulous. I had the best burger ever. And a shake of course.

Tomorrow morning at 9:00 we'll be going back to Kisumu. After all the traveling, we are tired and anxious to be home.