Tomorrow we get to go to the place that I will be working all year for a lecture on the Sudan! I am exciting about the lecture, but I am really excited about seeing where I will be working for the next year! I am also excited to be meeting some of the people that I will be working with as well.
After the lecture tomorrow, the other YAV's and I are on our way to Mombassa for 5 days! :) We are going with an archeologist and learning more about the different cultures in Kenya. Even though this trip is filled with educational things, we are all hoping that we will be able to swim in the Indian Ocean! The trip is about 7 hours, according to our wonderful driver Hudson! We are driving by van, which is similar to a matatu(the type of public transportation). It should be a pretty interesting ride.
One thing about driving in Kenya is that there really isn't any rules or laws. The only real law that I have seen enforced is that you drive on the left hand side, so opposite the US; but sometimes that is even followed. We first go introduced to the driving in Kenya when we got picked up at the airport. We got picked up at the worst time of the day and traffic was at a stand still. Well our driver decided that we weren't gonna be stuck in the traffic for hours so he took a short cut. Well this "short cut" took us to the right side of the road which is the wrong side of the road. So at this point in time we were going in the direction of oncoming traffic! I kept closing my eyes and praying that we would make it through! Well we did make it through but it was crazy! That day I was use my "imaginary" brake a lot! I have eased off of that "brake" since, now that I am a little more use to it. Not only do people not follow the flow of traffic all the time, but that also drive so fast! I have yet to see a speed limit sign!
I am looking forward to my long, bumpy trip to Mombassa tomorrow and will update about the trip when I get back! Kwaheri! :)
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