Arriving by Train into Nairobi

Woke up about 5A on the train headed toward Nairobi. It's crystal clear, and we can see villages with children waving as the train snakes by (top speed is about 40km/hour). The grossest part about this train is the fact that the toilets are basically "squat" toilets, on which you straddle a hole in the floor that goes DIRECTLY ONTO THE TRACKS. I found this out when the train stopped for a mechanical fix and while I was standing next to the car with the "choo toilet" a bunch of excrement and urine came out at the bottom (you are NOT supposed to use the choo toilet when it is stopped).

The neat thing is the children and visitors who wave to you as you chug by. These folks are members of the Kukuyu tribe (one of the 40-odd tribes that make up the country of Kenya). Jerry ended up breaking into the toy supply for the Ugandan kids to pass out yoyo's and small Christmas toys.

After breakfast in the dining car, we settled in to see some zebra and giraffe passing by our windows. Getting closer to Nairobi, more shanty towns spring up, there is more congestion, more people. We finally make it in to the station at about 12:30P. Robert from the children's school in Uganda is there to greet us. We are whisked away to the Boulevard Hotel (nice, but looks like it's been around for a long time). We have lunch and make the transfer of the laptops and school supplies to Robert - he is very grateful for our generosity. We now have more then enough room for souvenirs in our bags.