So, after getting to the airport and the departure gate as i was about to walk in the guy checking us into the departure gate kept having something flag up on my ticket, which he said was “unfortunately” that I had been moved to a bulkhead seat, so one with more leg room. However as soon as i got on the plane I found out this wasnt as good as it sounded as it was the seat with the cot, and i was next to an albeit really nice woman, but one with a 7 week old baby and a really really fussy mother!! So after take off I swapped with the babys grandmother and got a normal seat again.
The rest of the flight was pretty uneventful, I didnt sleep much and not much else happened. Food was ok. Arriving in Nairobi there was the longest queue for immigration with a million forms to fill out, especially as our visa fee was waivered for the moot. We eventually all got through and got all of our stuff, which also took ages. But then piled onto minibusses, known here as matutus with about 22 seats, including seats which flip out into the isles on each one.
The journey from the airport took about 30 mins, which following room allocation was swiftly followed by a much needed breakfast!! I’m sharing my room with tom, who is my moot partner, but its a nice room so nothing to complain about. The shower works and is hot, and the beds arent too bad, so we’re happy.
The afternoon was spent out and about i the city seeing bits and pieces, but we were all so tired it was a bit of a blur! We went to an italian for dinner last night, which was very nice, if a bit unauthetic. But probably a good thing following the curried bananas that were served among normal breakfast things at breakfast!
Today we’ve been to an elephant orphanage, a giraffe centre (where we got to feed the giraffes), a bead factory and shop, and the Karen Blixen museum (who wrote out of Africa) The elephants and the giraffes were all immensely cute and I have lots of photos, that I may attempt to put up if i get better internet and pc than this!
We’re off to a restaurant called carnivore this evening where we possibly get to eat most of the animals found in the bush.which should be nice
Tomorrow we are off to Rowallan campsite, where the moot is actually being held. That should be exciting to get out of our hotel and actually onto the moot proper.
Hope you all enjoyed your mondays, and Lucie sorry this isnt an email, but the last blog post for this is mainly for your amusement!
xx