driving and schools

the roads and the driving here in kenya are an experience unto themselves. there basically aren't any laws, or if there are laws, no one obeys them. in the city people drive outrageously fast, they cut you off and pretty much ignore signs and lights. taxi buses are everywhere, so full of poeple that some are riding outside the windows holding onto the inside. it's pretty nuts. out here in the country the roads are barely paved, with huge ditches and holes everywhere. poeple drive around the holes, even if this means going onto the wrong side of the road. the space is comepletly open here too. you can see the entire sky, in a way that i dont think i've ever really seen before. its a full 360 degree dome above our heads.

we drove to see the schools lauren and i are going to be working at. it was a real experience. as we walked into the school yard almost immediatly we could hear whisperings and heads started popping up out of the windows, trying to get a glimps of us. it is not that these children have never seen white people before, they just have not seen that many. while we were there the kids were let out for recess and it was like we were on a stage or something: nearly every pair of eyes just stared at us, watching our every move. tomorrow we are going to their all school assembly at 8am where we will be introduced.


dinner time. love you all

sophiebess