Lynn to Win

I’m leaving tomorrow and no longer nervous just excited! I have a line on a guy named Freddo, given to me by a travelling friend, who would be my driver for a day in Nairobi. I am trying to negotiate a price but it’s not really working for me. He wants $150 for the day, to take me to the giraffe centre, the Karen Blixen museum (remember Meryl Streep in Out of Africa?) and the place in Nairobi I’m the most excited to see, the elephant orphanage. Greetings are very important in Africa, so he has sent me a couple of emails just asking how I am and if I…

Nairobi is known as the most dangerous city in Africa.  That is the city I am flying in to next Friday, arriving at 10 pm.  I have paid for a transfer, someone sent by the travel company to pick me up, who will be holding a sign with my name.  I thought the slight extra cost would be well worth the peace of mind.  Upon arrival I will need to get a visa for Kenya and get some local currency before leaving the airport.  Without the transfer I would have to fight my way through crowds, attracting attention as a solo white female in a sea of very black people, to…