After an incredibly busy summer in Hawaii and at home in Ontario, followed by two very busy weeks settling into life at the International School of Kenya, we are finally getting a post onto the family blog! We have been very delinquent and promise to post more soon.
Our first impressions of Kenya:
* driving is chaotic! (you drive on the "wrong" side of the road and battle pedestrians and matatus - small vans that serve as buses along narrow roads in most parts of the city we've been in so far)
* life is colourful: fabrics and carvings and houses are colourful and lively. Nairobi is abuzz with activity all the time. Also, there is green everywhere! Plants, trees and foliage are lush and we've heard things get even greener after the rainy season.
* the capital city is very diverse: people from all corners of the globe live here. When you go the grocery store you see an incredible array of people (rivaled only by the multicultural nature of Toronto!).
* ISK classes are also incredibly diverse: the discussions we have had in our classrooms so far have been rich and full of many perspectives. Wow.
* smiles abound here: everyone has a broad smile and a greeting ready, and it is easy to converse with people and enjoy pleasant conversation.
* it's so easy to operate in English! After four years in Korea, it seems very easy to read everything in English and to be able to ask for directions to various items in the grocery store.
* the dirt is red (like PEI!).
* birds are beautiful: we have black kites that soar outside our balcony window all the time, and we've seen some gorgeous African pied wagtails all over campus.
* the David Sheldrick Wildlife Centre (Elephant and Rhino Rescue Centre/Orphanage) is an incredible place where babies are given a chance to survive and then be re-integrated into the wild. Very cool.
* warthogs are bigger than we thought they might be. :)
These photos are from the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (Elephant Orphanage), the ISK campus, our apartment and a few scenes of life in Nairobi.
More thoughts to follow soon!
1 comment:
Wow, these are amazing pictures. Thanks for sharing. It is so good to hear from you on the blog and now to see a glimpse of where you are living. You have all been in our thoughts and prayers. We miss you here in SK. About that visit...let's talk.
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