Hello

We flew into Nairobi yesterday morning. The sun was rising just as we were landing and I could only see completely undeveloped land basically until we landed. The minute we left the airport we saw a giraffe and a family of baboons on the side of the road.
So ended the most disoriented period of my life. I left Chicago at 2:30 pm central time and got into new york at 5:30 pm eastern time. I met up with other people from the group and we boarded the flight for London at 10:00 pm eastern time. We arrived in London at 10:30 am London time. I watched a Bollywood movie called Dabaang. It's about a corrupt cop who is also a great dancer whose weapon of choice is a firehose. Because we had a nine hour layover I went into the city with a few people from the program. We had a couple pints which further disoriented me. I fell asleep on the ground in Heathrow, and we finally boarded the plane at 7:00 pm London time. We arrived in Kenya at 6:45 am Nairobi time. I think we were travelling for about 30 hours of real time and 40 hours of time-zone adjusted time.
My mom packed me a lunch, but I never ate it because I was never really sure when lunch was. I accidentally smuggled it into Kenya because customs was so lax I didn't realize I went through it. We were driven to our compound which is in Karen, a suburb of Nairobi. Our first rural homestay starts in less than a week. I will be staying with Peter and Helen of the Meru tribe of Mount Kenya. Peter is a farmer and Helen is a nurse. They have one son who is 22 years old and two daughters who work and live in Nairobi.
Going into the city a little later today. I'll put some pictures up soon.