Nairobi - New Year's Day

It was new year's day and just we had just landed.  We got our Visa's and passed through security, most of us were surprised at the fact that they're was armed security outside the airport. We waited around for what seemed like a century until our driver picked us up and took us to Mayfield Christian Retreat. On the drive to Mayfield we were amazed to see a giraffe once we got out of the airport.  

We settled down at Mayfield and had a drive around the city of Nairobi. On the drive we passed a brawl and members of it hit our van. We passed through the city centre and then went to Kibera, the biggest slum in Kenya. We were shocked by the living conditions and that was just the sight of it. When driving through it we didn't smell anything because our windows were closed because of the brawl, but we were told that the smell is almost unbearable. Lots of people tried to jump on the public transport so they could get away from where they live and go to the celebrations in town because it was New year's day. 

The roads around Nairobi are full of pot holes and judder bars, which made travelling any where a struggle to go quickly. Our driver Samuel was a very good driver on these roads and got us to our destination as fast as possible. The public transport and all the vehicles just been a little bit banged up because you are always in close proximity with other vehicles, squeezing between two or more vehicles at a time.