Arriving in Kenya

   We went into the airport, filled out an immigration card, showed our vaccination book and got our passports stamped. ""Welcome" the gruff man said to me. It was anxious waiting for our bags, is my bag still in Canada - or where in the world is it? Finally my bag came around the turnstile!"
   Big trucks (that eventually become very familiar to us!) were waiting for us outside the airport. There was a baggage truck for our stuff and two passenger trucks. There were padded benches facing each other. They drive on the opposite side of the road here, the only place I knew of that did that was Australia.It was around 5:30am and the sky was dark purple, it felt like night. I noticed the "amazing" trees. We drove to The Compound, a house and grounds in Karen Nairobi that we will use as our base camp. During the drive the sky lightened to a soft blue, it was very bright. In my journal I wrote "The compound was not what I expected - I wasn't disappointed or anything - I guess I just couldn't envision what my life would be like here. There were 11x11 tents set up for us, a kitchen area and tables set up for a buffet. There was a tent with overhead fluorescent lights for teaching and other supply tents set up." The camp staff had made us breakfast and then Amy, Rachel and I agreed to be tent mates. I spent the rest of the day napping and exploring the compound. 10 years ago today I was getting ready to start an adventure of a lifetime!