Month One - Complete!!

Reached Nairobi Thurs night.  Since then, have hung out with my cousin Rozy and her kids, visited the Masai Market, Westgate/Sarit, and Parklands JK. Leaving tommorrow AM on a coach...this is the agenda, but don't think we'll be able to do all of this (I've done it in '02 and '06 anyways)

• Lake Naivasha - Photo Shoots with the world renowned pink Flamingoes
• Nakuru - Lunch on Gilani Street
• Kericho - ''Chai Tea Lattes'' on Kericho Tea Plantation
• Kisumu - Arrival snacks and cold towels at Destination

Lyon was interesting. Visited Paris for the day (way to short) and also Annecy, a beautiful French retreat in the Alps. Since I have limited net access in Kenya, instead of writing about Lyon in detail, here's a quick top 10!

10 Things I love about France...

1) French chics r hot
2) French ppl say 'way' instead of 'oui' (slang?)
3) some places close randomly for weeks at a time, or for lunch, and they don't always re-open
4) everybody speaks french! very few speak english. most tourists in Lyon seem to be from France. Or other parts of Europe.
5) Paris is not very tourist friendly
6) France isn't very tourist friendly
7) France is expensive! Cost me €130 to get to paris and back. My cab to hotel (incl wait time) was € 90.
8) Couples like walking around with a 3rd wheel
9) girls like to bike in skirts!
10) loads of North and West Africans here. Very few Indians, but handfuls of East Asians.

Another hilite: Watched the Congolese band Staff Benda Bilili at the Greco Roman Ruins/Amphitheatre at Nuits de Forviere up on the hill, with all Lyon in the background. Was quite surreal as I had just learned about them 2 wks earlier in Dar, watching their story on BBC. They are all quadra or paraplegic and were street performers!