London to Nairobi, 6/12/2009

6/12/2009
Kim and I flew from London to Nairobi today, with a stopover in Paris. I left Karen’s place in Greenwich at 3am, got to the airport at about 4am, and our flight was at 7:30am. I left so early because of the Tube strike, since it took me seven hours to get from the airport to Karen’s house when I landed.
The flight from London to Paris was uneventful, the flight from Paris to Nairobi was actually fantastic because it was basically me, Kim and 70 members of a non-denominational church in South Carolina. They were coming to help build a school (and spread the word). Upon landing in Nairobi, we had to fill out a health information sheet, a Visa application, and a landing card. The Visa was $25 for single entry (although, we thought we were buying multiple entry). The entire process took about an hour, but only because of inefficiency. You can expedite the process by getting the Visa ahead of time, but we didn’t do that.
Once we got our bags, we left the baggage area and found our driver, who was waiting with a sign with our names on it. He drove us to the Fairview Hotel, which was quaint, but nice. We basically got in, ordered room service, called our friends, who had arrived at about 3am, did some emailing, then went to bed. We set the alarm for 6am for our 7:30am departure time.