Farewell Kenya

We had one full day in Nairobi being starting the 41 day tour and booked a tour run by some ex homeless youth. We met outside The Hilton hotel, walked through the CBD, then into the poorer parts of Nairobi. There were three guides and each walked with one of us and recited their stories.  One had runaway as a 5 year old, another was kicked out at 8 - not sure about the last. From there the stories were similar in that they were all arrested for being homeless, imprisoned and released. They talked about being released, still homeless, and how they survived by scrounging cardboard and scrap metal. Drug use was common as was the progression to  petty theft and armed robbery. Two of the three had been shot during various 'adventures'.  As well as listening to the stories we were walking the streets where they grew up - very very different to Melbourne. We felt quite safe while we were with them though Lauren had some uncomfotable moments with men making suggestive comments toward her.  The tour finished with lunch in a small restaurant eating African foods, beans, peas, beef, rice and ugali. (Kind of like fine bland polenta)



Nairobi does has some modern buildings as can be seen in one of the photos above, but still a lot of poverty. It is hard to take photos in the CBD as you are not allowed to photograph government buildings and many of the private ones.

Tomorrow we start our tour in the (Very tall) truck below.
Internet likely to be flaky from here on, so will update when I can.

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