Nairobbery

I arrived in Nairobi this afternoon. Initial impressions:

• Taxis are really expensive
• This city is more spread out than Kampala
• The plains surrounding the airport are totally stereotypically Kenya -- broad expanses of scrub and bushes with periodic lone trees rising in different spots
• Nairobi has a lot of crime. There are security guards everywhere, but unlike Kampala none of them are armed.
• The roads are really good.
• The hotel (Kenya Comfort Hotel) has a lot of security and a working elevator, but the rooms are small and expensive. The people are nice.
• I picked up open wireless in my hotel and it's the best internet I've had since arriving in Africa.
• The TV doesn't have CNN. Yay.
• Gas is cheap compared with Uganda. My taxi driver tells me it's because Uganda has no refineries, so they have to import fuel from Kenya.
• Haven't seen any lions yet.

Everything's closed today, but I'll tour a bit tomorrow.

You might want to read about my second day in Nairobi.