I rode a matatu for the first time! It was (and always is) quite the experience!
For those who don't know, a matatu is a van that drives along a certain route and picks people up. Kind of like a cross between a taxi and a city bus. They are only supposed to hold 14 passengers and drive about 50 miles per hour due to new laws (before, they used to be much worse). But, they cram as many people into them as possible, smashed together and not wearing deodorant and many times they will pickpocket people (especially white people). They drive crazy and fast, barely stopping long enough to let people on/off, with the "conductor" hanging outside the door. They often play loud, obnoxious music and decorate the inside/outside of the matatu with neon lights and stickers of Obama, Osama, Jay-Z, Bob Marley, Usher, Michael Jackson, etc.
Here is a view of the slum (Kawangware) where I was staying. This is outside the gate of my host family's house.
June 24, 2009
I read the books "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" and "Goodnight, Gorilla" to some of the kids at school. These are some of mine and my Kindergarten students' favorite books. I think the kids in Kenya enjoyed them. It was hard to tell how much they understood. No one really reads to them, which is sad, so they don't really understand the concept of listening to a story.
There was a rainstorm.
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