I had to stay on for an internal meeting the following week, so I had a weekend to spend in Nairobi. Although I haven’t been back from the States long, being in Nairobi was a little bit of a culture shock compared to Kampala.

1. I used my ATM card to get money!
2. The roundabouts function. They make traffic flow instead of jamming things up. And there are tons of traffic signals and street lights. I didn’t see any chickens tied to vehicles.
3. Out looking for good French African music with my friend Prince, we ended up at at shopping center that looks exactly like the ones going up all over Orange County, CA. (Not that that’s a good thing, but it was surprising.)
4. I enjoyed a turkey club and enormous iced coffee for lunch at the Java House.

As always, my colleagues from our office were wonderful hosts. Prince showed me a few of the spots to hang out in town, and took me dancing. On Sunday, Auntie Flo picked me and another visitor up for lunch with her friends. We spent the afternoon laughing, and they dispensed a healthy dose of advice on my future, relationships, etc. Watch out, Kody-I think they’ve got serious plans for you.

We also went the giraffe center, where you can feed these lovely and strangely angular animals. Giraffes produce an amazing amount of saliva. There’s also a house now serving as a hotel – supposedly the giraffes come right up to your balcony.

The warthogs were less attractive, although they do have impressive hair.