Where to begin….. So I am officially a Peace Corps Volunteer. We were all in Nairobi last week for swearing in. It was a lot of fun. I frequented the casino they have in the Westgate Mall (yes there is a casino in the mall and its awesome!) I got pretty hot on the black jack table and my luck must of carried over because some how I found a Ronnie Brown jersey at some random store to blow my winnings on. Growing up I could not even find a Dolphins jersey in New York, but somehow I find one in Kenya? Swearing in was at the Ambassadors house and I officially want to be a Ambassador now. His house was ridiculous even for American standards. The highlight of the ceremony was when a monkey jumped on his roof during his speech. He did not appreciate the distraction but I got some sweet pics. That night we hit up the clubs in Nairobi with some current volunteers making my 10 hour journey the next day even more miserable.
OK now the important stuff. I love it here, Diani Beach is the shit!!!! The best way to describe it, is that its like being in the Bahamas, only I live in the sketchy place right outside the resorts they tell tourists not to go to. The best of both worlds for sure, after all I am in the Peace Corps. My job assignment seems pretty cool too. I will be marketing furniture and bottled water produced by the school. The furniture is made from palm wood and is really nice. The water is from our brand new water treatment facility given to us by my man Ambassador Ranneberger. Now back to the beach, amazing beautiful turquoise water and full of European tourists. It seriously looks like Cancun or something. My favorite bar / place on earth is called 40 Thieves . Its right on the beach first of all, and I don’t mean on the beach like Hatties. I mean I could lifeguard from my bar stool. They have great food, plasma TV’s, pool, fosse ball, darts, and the most amazing view of the Indian Ocean…oh and they have Tanqueray and real ice cubes ( the first place I have found Tanqueray in Kenya and ice is a real treat for us PVC’s). That’s it for now folks start making travel arrangements everyone seriously needs to check this out. Love you guys!
Dino