Well, this has certainly been a poor start to this adventure. Here I am, second whole day in Kenya done and no posts to show for it. I'm going to catch up to the first day and promise to try to do better.
I've decided the worst part of any adventure is getting to the country involved. Plane travel is tedious, onerous, occasionally fraught with fear...am I really going to make it to my connection (Frankfurt comes readily to mind.) oh, did I mention tedious?
I drove to Sacramento and spent the night with Pat Cattell-Storms, my partner in crime for the duration. Her neighbor drove us to the airport, and we were in good shape except for worrying about whether JFK was going to be open because of a huge snowstorm in New York City. Arrived in Salt Lake City and we were still good to go, and did actually make it to JFK with piles of snow along the runway. Cold, cold, cold. Took a taxi to hotel because we did not want to fuss around taking the SkyTrain to the pick up for the hotel shuttle...cold and windy out.
Did take the shuttle back to the airport the next day, even colder, I think the temperature was 28°, but with the wind chill factored it it became 10°.
Checked in with Lufthansa and waited around for three hours, in which time Scott and Quinn, Pat's son and grandson finally arrived via Miami and La Guardia. Snow related stuff again.
Not too long a flight to Frankfurt, arriving there just as the sun came up. Interesting in that it had about 50 (no exaggeration) Hashidic Jews on the flight, the majority having never flown before. They had no concept of social mores regarding moving about the plane, standing in the aisle, sitting next to women, etc. Rude by our standards. They stood in the aisle praying and not letting anyone through to use the lavoratory....like I said, interesting.
Had a four hour layover, which is just about as much time as you need to find your way around the airport. Finally found our departure gate and waited some more. Smaller plane parked way, way out on the tarmac. Seven hours to Nairobi, but by this time we were all very tired of planing, so it seemed endless, plus I think they've taken any spare inch they can out of both the aisles and seats, very uncomfortable.
Arrived in Nairobi at 10PM, and were met by our guide, Duncan. Drive to the Nairobi Intercontinental was thus in the dark and not very interesting. Hotel room is not great but is more than adequate, so off to bed.
I've decided the worst part of any adventure is getting to the country involved. Plane travel is tedious, onerous, occasionally fraught with fear...am I really going to make it to my connection (Frankfurt comes readily to mind.) oh, did I mention tedious?
I drove to Sacramento and spent the night with Pat Cattell-Storms, my partner in crime for the duration. Her neighbor drove us to the airport, and we were in good shape except for worrying about whether JFK was going to be open because of a huge snowstorm in New York City. Arrived in Salt Lake City and we were still good to go, and did actually make it to JFK with piles of snow along the runway. Cold, cold, cold. Took a taxi to hotel because we did not want to fuss around taking the SkyTrain to the pick up for the hotel shuttle...cold and windy out.
Did take the shuttle back to the airport the next day, even colder, I think the temperature was 28°, but with the wind chill factored it it became 10°.
Checked in with Lufthansa and waited around for three hours, in which time Scott and Quinn, Pat's son and grandson finally arrived via Miami and La Guardia. Snow related stuff again.
Not too long a flight to Frankfurt, arriving there just as the sun came up. Interesting in that it had about 50 (no exaggeration) Hashidic Jews on the flight, the majority having never flown before. They had no concept of social mores regarding moving about the plane, standing in the aisle, sitting next to women, etc. Rude by our standards. They stood in the aisle praying and not letting anyone through to use the lavoratory....like I said, interesting.
Had a four hour layover, which is just about as much time as you need to find your way around the airport. Finally found our departure gate and waited some more. Smaller plane parked way, way out on the tarmac. Seven hours to Nairobi, but by this time we were all very tired of planing, so it seemed endless, plus I think they've taken any spare inch they can out of both the aisles and seats, very uncomfortable.
Arrived in Nairobi at 10PM, and were met by our guide, Duncan. Drive to the Nairobi Intercontinental was thus in the dark and not very interesting. Hotel room is not great but is more than adequate, so off to bed.
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