Day Three - We Finally Arrived in Lamu

Getting off the plane in Kenya, the temperature inside the airport was ridiculous...upwards of 90 degrees with equal parts musk and humidity.  Saw a woman fall off a stool, looked back and our Program Director, Terry, was kind enough to help her up (no one laughed) unitl now...LOL!

We had to spend the evening at a hotel in Nairobi with security guards on every floor, so we felt complety safe... The morning started off grand, your usual breakfast buffet of eggs, breakfast meats, cereals, and lentils and porridge.  We are eating a lot of fruits, mango, pinneaple, passionfruit, oranges, watermelon, hopefully all washed in sterilized water....(I'm just sayin')

Getting  to the airport was a trip all by itself.  We had over 20 pieces of luggage which required a van plus a passenger car for just the overflow luggage alone (see picture if you don't believe me).  Then, when we arrived at the airstrip (notice I said airstrip not airport), we were 120 lbs overweight in luggage!  I tried not to have a melt down when I saw the prop plane waiting to take us to Manda (not Lamu Island, we still needed to take a boat from Manda to Lamu Island, seriously).  Finally, our wonderful Program Director talked the airport employees down to a reasonable rate and we paid to get our overweight luggage onto our 40 seat plane (with 2 propellers).

Did I say it was all worth every minute of it?  Lamu Island is beautiful and wait to you see the Lamu House...we are guests of  Marianne and Frank who are the proprietors of this beautiful mansion.

Tomorrow, we see the kids.
Goodnight.

Day One and Two

Day One, which I suppose was technically our first travel day, Tuesday, March 1 was one long continuous day of travel.  We had a light lunch in Montreal, followed by a 6 hour flight to Amsterdam, which ended on Day Two in Nariobi. 

Today, Thursday, Marach 3 we are headed (in 7 min) back to the Nairobi airport to fly to Manda, then take a dhow (something like a sailboat, but I am hoping for a motor too LOL) over to Lamu Island.  Lamu does not have motorized vechicles, so I guess it makes sense that there's no air strip either.

More to come, with photos.
Love and Kisses,
RW
p.s.  hi Ted

Day 0

It's the eve before my trip to Kenya and I am finally getting excited.  Since last Tuesday, I have felt like I was coming down with a cold, but I finally made it to the Urgent Care and got a Z-pac, so I am back to feeling better.  I am going to miss my son so much.  He has become the single most important focus in my life and I worry too much about him.  I know he will be fine.  Keep me in your prayers and I will do the same for you!

See you in Kenya!
RW