Safe and Sound

So I did make it here, safe and sound, as it turns out. Thanks for praying, because really, the trip was about as smooth as you could expect!

Jackie took me from the guesthouse to the airport, and I was checked in, had my passport stamped and had my luggage looked through all in less than 15 minutes! Then, of course, the plane was late arriving, so we were over an hour late in leaving. But oh well. Of course, I met some friends in the airport so I had someone to chat with whilst waiting.

The flight itself was nice. We flew right over the Ngong Hills and on the edge of the Rift Valley! So it was beautiful. Once I got to Nairobi, there were only a few people ahead of me in line at the Visa counter. So that only took a few minutes. Then as soon as I walked down the steps into the baggage hall, my bag was there. Then, as soon as I walked out of the baggage hall, there is a desk where you can book a taxi. I paid for the taxi right there, and the nice man in a suit and tie escorted me out past the waiting throng and to the taxi. He even opened the door to the taxi for me :)

I knew exactly where I was going, so the taxi dropped me right inside the compound where I'm staying. The only glitch in the plan came when the keys weren't left where they were supposed to be. But then I just walked up to the little kiosk outside the gate, bought some airtime for my cell phone, which actually works in this place normally without fail, called the woman that I'm sharing the flat with. She was working at the office which is just a few blocks from the house, so she ran up and brought the keys.

And I didn't break a sweat throughout the whole operation.