Made it to where the hospital is after a grueling drive, which included Nairobi at rush hour. Said took us in his car which was nice, since we weren't so crowded and I had my belt on.
Nairobi traffic at rush hour was one of the worst experiences of my life. It was insanely slow, and we were constantly surrounded by either diesel trucks and vans, or cars without catalytic converters. The carbon monoxide will take a week to blow off. I might as well have ran a ventilator mask from our exhaust pipe. Might have been better.
The other thing was, we would be at a dead stop and then finally start going, only to run into another dead spot just up the road. This had the effect of constantly messing with your head. You think the jam is over and its time to breathe again, and nope, stasis just around the bend. This must have happened 10 times.
Anyway Kijabe is up in the mountains and seems nice but it was dark coming in. It's cool tonight with a breeze. And, good god, there are more stars in the sky than I have ever seen in my life. I can see the Milky Way. It's amazing.
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