First Turkey Day in Kenya

Has it really been a month already??

What have I been up to? A lot of beaches, sunsets, sand. Sometimes I kind of forget this is my life now… then I feel the sweat everywhere on my body. My back, my neck, my clothes are just damp (I didn’t know my upperlip could sweat) then I’m like oh I’m in Kenya and it’s end of November.

I spend most of my weekends on the beach with friends. Or check out local parks like Shimba Hills up in the mountains. Some days you can see elephants near the river banks.

Yesterday, during the presidential inauguration- a declared Kenyan holiday, we took to the beach for a barbeque. It was good and sandy (adds flavor).

For thanksgiving, my boss was kind enough to invite me to his awesome feast with his expat friends. It was a nice spread as you can tell! Lobster, turkey, oysters, stuffing. I’m incredibly thankful to have met the people I have, and how they welcome me into their lives. And I’m just as thankful to have such a great family back home thinking of me! (Don’t forget about me!)

So what do I eat normally? For lunch, the office usually orders delivery, we have a relationship with a local food place. This is where I get my local food of chipati (think roti or pan fried naan), mchicha (sauteed spinach type thing), pojo (green grams or mung bean), and banana. I spend average 70 cents per day on lunch. Sometimes more if I feel like getting a second chipati. They’re so good! But I keep falling asleep after lunch. I usually eat pojo now instead of beans cause you know...beans. The fancier part of the lunch menu involves beef stew or fried beef which is a whole dollar or $1.40! I haven’t tried the nicer part of the menu but maybe I’ll splurge tomorrow hehe Here in Kenya people eat lunch at 1 pm so by the time lunch rolls around I'm too hungry to remember to take a photo of my food.

Photo was taken after I had a big portion of it. Chipati, mchicha, and pojo

However, since I live near a tourist beach, I have access to cheap local food, and also more western restaurants. A lot of Germans come here since it’s only 2 hours time difference and there are cheap flights (less than 400 euros). There are Italian restaurants, cuban, and even a really really nice sushi restaurant!!!