Kenya

Kenya, Pictures

I went ice skating again this weekend. I went once before, two weeks ago. It was totally awesome, but this time was totally awesomer. I found out that people play hockey on Wednesdays there. I think it’s too dangerous to grab the hockey sticks when the kids are learning, but we found a hockey puck and we kicked it around a bit. The ice rink is at Panari Sky Center on Mombasa road. It’s right across the street from the Nairobi National Park… we saw giraffes walking around just across the street. Karibu Kenya (welcome to Kenya)!

The crew was me and the usual Nairobi chicks (Tash, Ruth, and Esther), but this time we brought along the German dudes from Tala, Franklin and David. They are volunteers in a little village a few kilometers away from Tala. Check out the pictures, y’all!

Food, Kenya

Pat came over today and we tried to bake brownies. I’ve tried it a few times before when Sara was here but we always missed some ingredients or had some other problems (oven doesn’t have degrees, only 1 -7!). The first batch was decent but I gave the second batch to the students because I wasn’t looking forward to eating OR cleaning that mess… I’m sure they loved all that chocolate and sugar, but that’s not a brownie, man! I’m getting a big discouraged because I’ve failed so many times. I even resorted to frying my cookie dough once because the pan was too big. I can get brownies in Nairobi at Java house, but it’s just not the same as a home-cooked Duncan Hines…

Kenya

I posted once before about music in East Africa (and Nigeria). Here is some more stuff from Nairobi I have been listening to recently. As far as I can tell Kenya’s music scene is a bit more intense than the other countries in the region. Tanzania’s stuff is less abrasive, a genre they call “bongo flava,” while most of the music that comes out of Kenya is more similar to the “crunk” found in the USA. I’m not sure where it fits in, but there’s a new-ish genre in Nairobi called “genge” and it’s pretty popular now. Of course the older people think it’s pure idiocy. Kids these days, hah!
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