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Mombasa Nairobi

Nairobi: Burning DVDs

Another weekend, another adventure. On Tuesday night I jumped on the train to Nairobi, Second Class, and despite a rocky start (the engine car was missing, but it eventually showed up almost two hours late), things went pretty smoothly.  On Wednesday I got my Swine Flu shot while visiting the Peace Corps office, and then […]

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Mombasa

To Nairobi By Train

I’ve just returned from the Mombasa Train Station, where I booked a ticket for the overnight train from Mombasa to Nairobi.  It’s more expensive than a bus (over double) but the Peace Corps would fire me if I took a night bus, since it’s against policy due to the number of road accidents.  Tomorrow I […]

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Nairobi

Nairobi

I’m in the Peace Corps office now, killing time while some other volunteers are in a meeting. So far so good.  The infection looks like it losing the battle against the antibiotics, and now I have a free day in Nairobi.  I’m thinking of buying as much Dr. Pepper and and as many tortialla chips […]