Day 37 (Sun, 13 Aug) - Nairobi

Got up rather late.

We all spent the late morning chatting on Sag's balcony.

Had lunch that Rose had prepared.

Late afternoon we headed over to the Sarit centre. This is a shopping mall not 10 minutes walk from Sags' flat.

Sagini was surprised that we wanted to walk. Anyway, the three of us traipsed off and we soon discovered why everyone drives.

The road we had to cross was six lanes; thankfully the designers had put in a large central reservation. We raced across the first 3 lanes, dodging the matatus, and took a breather at the middle. Next step was to wait (a long time) for a safe break before belting over the remaining 3 lanes. You felt like high fiving each other because you were so happy you made it.

Wandered into the Sarit centre and bought some food and wine. Headed back over the chicken run and spent the rest of the night chilling and drinking vino.

During the course of this conversation Sagini lamented at the fact that none of his friends liked going out for Indian food. Since this formed a part of his staple diet in London we felt sorry for him. We then started to warm up the dinner that Rose had prepared. This meal consisted of chupatis, lamb cooked in a rogan josh style, cabbage side dish and a dish that Sags exclaimed "not sure what you call this in London". We told him we call it dhal.

So basically Sags has been eating Indian food (to be fair though it's not quite as spicy) since he's been in Kenya! It transpires that alot of Indian food/Kenyan food has fused.