Usikisi hivyo.

You go to Kenya for a Safari then pretend to know the whole of kenya. very pathetic individual.

Where did I claim to know the whole of Kenya? The information on corruption, the trucks, the state of the roads, and what to do in case we were carjacked, came from talking with Kenyans, my pen pal, my guides, and those with whom I was practising Kiswahili.

Your mentality is that you expected Kenya to be really nice.

Ukiyasoma maneno niliyayoandika (if you read the words I wrote)... I expected Nairobi to be nicer than it actually was. When I got to Nairobi, we took a small walk from where we were staying, and it made me very uncomfortable. I liked many parts of the country. I quite liked Nakuru and Eldoret, and Naivasha was beautiful.

You also presume by your tone that I am comparing it with the U.S. (where I do not live). No, I have traveled to a number of different countries, and I am judging by how safe the local people make me feel. Foreigners stick out in Kenya and attract a lot of unwelcome attention.

I know countries have their dark sides. Cities, too. Even nice cities. Things are always the most dangerous when people get desperate. If you have been shot at in the US at all, then you would have a skewed view of the rest of the country. So much for a tech post indeed.

I hope the UN Habitat/Safer Nairobi initiative makes some headway. I would like to take my soon-to-be-born children back there someday, so that David can see them, and perhaps so that they can GMail their friends videos of nyumba (gnus) marching across the Mara.