After saying good-bye to Cezi, Geta, Major & Teddy, we headed to the airport for a short 2 hour flight to Kenya. I was looking forward to this part of the trip. Kenya has been on my 'list of places to go' for quite a while - and I was excited for my first visit to the Southern Hemisphere. The first thing I noticed upon landing in Kenya was how green and lush everything was - unlike Ethiopia which was arid and DUSTY! The second thing I noticed is that they had electricity. Hooray! My camera battery had died on the way back from Debre Behran and now I would be able to re-charge it.
We were met at the airport by Dr. Emily - the head of LIA's Kenya office AND by Dr. Florence herself - the founder of LIA - which was quite an honor. She is a very wise and Godly woman and I learned so much from her in a very short time.
As we left the airport, we drove past the Nairobi Game Park and saw giraffes wandering around next to the road. Now there's a sight you'll never see at Metro! We stopped by the guesthouse to drop our stuff off then headed downtown to LIA headquarters to meet the staff and leave the duffel bags of dresses. I was assured that we would have several opportunities to distribute the dresses ourselves while we were here in Kenya. (I think they were getting tired of my constant questioning.) After leaving the headquarters, we headed for the huge open air market for a couple of hours of intense shopping that was cut short by the only rain we had during the entire trip. Things were more expensive in Kenya than in Ethiopia, but still considerably cheaper than comparable items in the US. Because this was a pretty 'touristy' area, we were able to go off on our own instead of traveling in our usual pack. It was great fun and I found lots of treasures. My suitcase will be full going home.
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