Landing in Kenya

I have a severe time constraint right now so this will have to be brief and I'm afraid I won't have time to upload photos.
My two flights--newark to amsterdam and amsterdam to nairobi went smoothly.  On the second flight I sat next to man who apparently played golf with my friend Dylan Dethier in virginia when Dylan was on his expedition to golf in every state in the country.  It was really fun to find that odd link.
The most stirring moment of the flight was when we flew over the northern coastline of Africa.  The deep blue Mediterranean contrasted beautifully with the golden sand of  Egypt.  I was also amused by how straight all the roads through the desert were, no curves or anything.  Probably because the workers just wanted to get out of the desert as quickly as possible.  Flying over Egypt made me think of my two friends studying there this semester-Andrew and Glen (ps, read Andrew's blog it's awesome: http://atathakr.blogspot.com/)
I landed in Nairobi and eventually made it through the visa line and got through customs with me lemon verbena tea (green tea leaves that look suspicious)
I arrived at night so, for now at least, I don't really have much to report on Kenya itself, however, the apartments we're living in are really nice!
I have to leave it at that for now because I need to get ready for my orientation down in the rift valley.
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