Jambo!

Jambo means "hello" in Swahili and thank God that we are finally here! After over 24 hours of traveling and long tiring flights we have made it safely to Nairobi.

For those of you who are unaware, the political situation here is a bit unstable because the people here in Kenya have just finished their presidential elections and the previous president was re-elected, which not too many people are happy about. I couldn't help but be reminded of the Florida vote re-counts a few years ago because the problem here is that people feel that the government unfairly counted the votes and rigged it so that the current president would be re-elected. The riots that have been publicized on CNN and other world news channels have been happening in the large slums surrounding Nairobi, not in the downtown area where we are staying.

I am happy to say that we are quite safe here and are staying in a cute little hotel that caters to tourists. Right now we are just hanging out and getting over our jet lag, and the security here seems well managed. We cannot leave here without first giving our keys back to the front desk so they can keep them safe, and there are locked entries to all of the floors as well as a couple locks on our doors. I know that those of you who are aware of the political situation are worried, but I promise you that we would have moved to a much safer place by now if anything was unstable.

If I have time this evening I will write again with more updates, but if not don't worry. Tomorrow morning we will be heading off to Samburu which is a very rural area where the political situation is not as much of an issue. Until then, hakuna matata (don't worry!).

Much love!
-L