Nairobi sanandisangalatse, sizinasangalatse chilichonse. Ngakhale phokoso sikosangalatsa. Yang'anani kwakukulu, Izi sizomwe. Mitengo ili bwino kwambiri, ndipo kwa alendo alibe zowonekera. Mzindawu ndi waukulu ndipo ngati gawo lake lalikulu limakhala lofanana ndi mzinda wachikhalidwe wabwinobwino, ndiye kuti kunja kwa mzindawu, komwe kumaderanso ndi malowa kudakalipo, komwe ndidalimbikitsidwa. Ku Nairobi, ndinakoka mnzanga wa Sibli, yemwe adawakonzera atatuwa atatu. Inde, Safari mwina ndi chidwi chofunikira kwambiri komanso zosangalatsa zabwino m'derali.
Kuphatikiza pa malo onse, sindinakonde mfundo yoti pafupifupi chilichonse, tikuyembekezera malangizo ochokera kwa ife. Pamene ine ndinalongosola kuti ku Kenya, ichi sichili bwino. Mwachitsanzo, ndizachikhalidwe kusiya maofesi omwe amagwira ntchito pa eyapoti kapena ku hotelo, kuchuluka kwa dola imodzi pa katundu. Madalaivala ndi maupangiri paulendo, siyani madola asanu kuchokera kwa munthu m'modzi. M'malo odyera, maupangiri amapanga pafupifupi khumi a mtengo wa dongosolo lonse. Maids ku hotelo, maupangiri amalemekezedwa kwambiri ndipo akuyembekezera alendo osauka, kulimbikitsa pang'ono dola imodzi.
Ndi inu nthawi zonse muyenera kukhala ndi, ndilole zochepa, koma ndalama. M'masitolo ambiri, makhadi a ngongole amalandiridwa, koma adzalipira chakudya chamadzulo kudera la mapaindi mapandi, mungolephera. Pafupifupi, ndalama siziyenera kukhala zosaposa madola mazana anayi. Ine ndi amuna anga tinali tinatenga mazana asanu ndi mazana asanu ndipo tinali okwanira ndi mitu yathu. Chakudya chamadzulo chodyera koma munthu m'modzi amangowononga madola khumi ndi asanu, ndipo zojambula zaumoyo, monga zifaniziro zakunyumba ndi zojambula zapanyumba, zimawononga ndalama zambiri.
Kukhala paulendo, otenga nawo mbali saloledwa, motero, ndizoletsedwa mwamphamvu kupitilira misasa yopanda chitetezo. Sikuyenera kudabwitsidwa kotero kuti ndikofunikira kuzindikira kuopsa kotero kuti ziweto zakutchire zikuimira. Komanso, panthawi yofaifa, ndikosatheka kusiya galimoto popanda chilolezo cham'munda. Kumbukirani kuti kusaka ndi koletsedwa ku Kenya, ngakhale nyama zokongoletsera, ndipo omwe akuphwanya lamuloli adzakhala FALIZA, koma ngati ngodya.
Nairobi salandiridwa kuti ayende m'madzulo ndipo theka la chisanu ndi chiwiri, ndikofunikira kukhala m'chipinda chobwereketsa, chifukwa cha zisanu ndi ziwiri madzulo, chifukwa chake mzindawo utembenukira usiku, chifukwa chake mosasamala. Kulikonse komwe muli, muyenera kutsatira matumba anu ndi zomwe zili mkati mwazinthu zamkati, makamaka ngati mungaganize zoyenda m'misewu ya mzinda. Osakopa chidwi cha zodzikongoletsera zochulukirapo kapena njira zambiri zotsika mtengo mu mawonekedwe a makamera ndi makamera. Ambiri mwa anthu akumaloko, anthu osauka ndipo chifukwa chake mulingo wa kuba ndi wamtali kwambiri pano.
Ngati mukufuna kubwereka galimoto, mutha kuzichita popanda mavuto, koma mutha kuziyenda mozungulira mzindawo, ndikofunikira kokha ndi zitseko zomwe zidatsekedwa ndi nyumba yachifumu yamkati komanso magalasi okweza. Kodi mukudziwa chifukwa chake? Ngakhale kuyimirira pamagalimoto, mutha kundibera chitseko chagalimoto. Ndidauzidwa kuti ngakhale vuto lotere lidzachitika, ndiye kuti mungopereka chikwama chanu modekha pamodzi ndi zomwe zili zonse ndi inu ndi chala chanu pankhaniyi sizikhudzidwa.
Kujambula Aborigines sangathe, chifukwa cha kusagwirizana kwawo. Ndizosathekanso kujambula zithunzi zazikulu za mzindawu, makamaka pafupi ndi Mayoleum a Purezidenti woyamba wa dzikolo.
Osayesa kuyendera nyumba za okhala mderalo popanda wotsogolera akukupatsani. Anthu akumaloko, ngakhale ali bwino, otchulidwa m'gawo limodzi, koma monga kulikonse komwe kuli kwina.
Kusankha kudya mu cafe kapena m'malo odyera, onetsetsani kuti mwatchulapo zonunkhira. Zovala zakomweko, kwambiri ndipo amuna anga ali okondwa kudya chakudya chopatsa thanzi, ndiye kuti ndimakonda kusapezeka kwathunthu kapena kupezeka kochepa. Mwambiri, zakudya za Kenyany ndizokoma kwambiri, makamaka ndimakonda mbale ya octopus ndi tupe. Zipatso mu lesitilanti, mutha kumadya popanda mantha, koma ngati muwagula pamsika, ndiye kuti ndikofunikira kuti muwayendere. Pofuna kukhala ndi chidaliro pantchito yogulidwa ndi zipatso, ndikofunikira kuti muyeretse ku peel ndikutsukidwa m'madzi, omwe kale adawonjezera manganese kapena viniga. Madzi ochokera pansi pa bomba, sindimalangiza zakumwa. Ngakhale kuyesa madzi am'deralo, sikoyenera. Pofuna kumwa, ndibwino kugula madzi m'mabotolo, palibe mavuto pano.
Ponena za chitetezo, Malangizowo ndi okhazikika - osayenda usiku, osavala ndalama zambiri ndi zina zambiri. Ngati pakufunika kupita komwe kuli, ku usiku, ndibwino kugwiritsa ntchito taxi yomwe ingapezeke ku hotelo. Ndalama ndi zodzikongoletsera, pakudalirika kwakukulu, ndibwino kusiya bwino zomwe zingabwerekedwe ku hotelo yomweyo.
Kulankhulana ku Nairobi, ndinakondwera ndi mtundu wanga. Intaneti idagwira bwino ntchito. Koma ndi kulumikizana kwa foni, mavuto adabuka, popeza m'dziko lino limagwira ntchito ndi zoletsa zina. Mwakutero, sitinathe kuyankha wina aliyense ndipo izi sizinali zachisoni kwambiri. Komabe, ngati mwadzidzidzi tikadafuna kuyimba foni, ndiye kuti izi zitha kuchitika mu ofesi iliyonse. Chifukwa chiyani mu makalata? Inde, mutha kuyimbira foni ku hotelo, koma mafoni ochokera kumakalatawo ndi otsika mtengo. Panjira, usiku, komanso Lamlungu, misonkho yokambirana mtunda wautali imachepetsedwa kawiri. Foni yam'manja, yopanda mantha, kwa wopanda pake mavuto atha kugwiritsidwa ntchito momasuka m'malo omwe palibe mwayi wolumikizirana.
Ndi zomwe ndimakonda Kenya, ndizomwe mutha kuvala pano pachilichonse, chinthu chachikulu ndikuti chinali chovuta. Pa Safari, pali zoperewera pazovala, koma zimakhala zachilengedwe. Pa nthawi yodutsa malo otetezedwa, ndikofunikira kusankha zovala zomwe zingakufotokozereni mbali zonse za thupi. Ma Hats akuluakulu pamadzi ndi olandiridwa kwambiri. Simudzanong'oneza bondo ngati muvala nsapato zazitali komanso zomasuka, makamaka pakuthana. Musaiwale za zonona zotsutsana ndi ululu, chifukwa ndizotheka kuwotcha nthawi yomweyo komanso nthawi yomweyo simudzazindikira kuti kuwala kowala dzuwa.