Driving at dark in Nairobi!

After a busy week, we met with friends at Champagne Bar at Sankara. I will write about the place in my next blog.

Even though rainy weather did not compliment our plans much, we sticked to it! It was an adventure though! The weather has been very unpredictable this year, so we ended up with lots of rain last week! By the way Karen has more rain than any other areas in Nairobi! We were to meet at Sankara by 7:30pm, since I made up my mind to socialise I left home by 6pm, nothing would stop me!!! It took one hour from Karen to get Sankara, but it was all worth it! Thanks to our driver, Mike, we drove through the back roads, using local villages. Majority of the local population live in these shady towns, farther away from the city. So when driving around you spot tons of people, adults and children walk by foot to get home. Matatus are packed with people, tucked inside, driving crazy enough to scare you away. I must admit I am not brave enough to drive at night! Not because I worry about my safety, I mostly concern about driving in the dark, unfortunately majority of the roads have no lights, road conditions are very poor, there are huge pot wholes. After 6pm it gets dangerously dark. Because there are no lights, it is almost impossible to spot the pedestrians...Also people are so keen to jump in front of the cars, so not only you have to keep your eyes open you also have to use your five senses, may be more! So driving at night has never been an option for me. 

I love sitting next to Mike, we talk and laugh, learn so much from each other. At one point while we were driving I was trying to apply my nail polish (after having two kids this is what happens!!!!) and he was just making fun of me! How can I blame him?? I was even laughing myself while trying to put the polish when we were going over the pot wholes!!!! That's called dedication:)

When I told him my concerns about driving at night he said he used to be a taxi driver, and he had the night shift. He mentioned he feels more comfortable driving in dark rather than daytime, so not sure if that should make be comfortable or uncomfortable, still could not make up my mind!!!