Steve and Barnabas in Tanzania

This was my last visit to Nairobi and I tried to make it a big one.  I added three days to the normal trip so I would not be so rushed especially since it is a day there and a day back on the shuttle.  Was glad I did as I was able to work in a couple of side trips and extra stops at my favorite places to eat. So to start things off I get into Nairobi on Tuesday evening and contact my friend in country to let her know I am there and see when she would like to get together.  She mentions she is already at one my favorites to eat at Mambo Italia at Lavington Curve (for when you want a taxi driver to find it say the Lavington Nakumatt).  We first discovered this pizza and Italian slice of heaven at the Karen Nakumatt Galleria I think.  They have a carnivore thin crust that is right up my ally.  So grab a taxi and off I go where I met one her local friends who just quit their job.  That poor bottle of wine never sto...

Wow hard to believe it was time for my second trip to Nairobi-For those who have not been following long-my visa in Tanzania requires I leave the country every 90 days (most countries have something like this) and so I take a bus to Nairobi, Kenya for a couple of days of good food and to hang out with one or more missionary friends there.  This trip proved to be just as exciting though less from the standpoint of what all went wrong to just exciting this time.  It will be a long blog so I am going to break it up into major groupings as follows: Visiting a Secondary (High) School in the slums of Nairobi and doing science and engineering talk/experiments. Meeting some of the young ladies who are part of BoxGirls in Nairobi, Kenya and learning some of their story including a professional featherweight and one who will be representing Kenya at he Commonwealth Games. The Riot that almost was Misc tr avel/shopping stories Visiting a Secondary (High) School in the s...