Village Market

Well, we're sitting in our hotel room, putting together the wedding playlist but the music has been completely drowned out by the torrential rain outside. I thought we had been lucky so far, it's not really rained at all, even though the sky has looked thunderous. It's extremely hot when the sun's out so the cloud is actually quite good.

Rain has calmed down a bit now.

We went to the village market this afternoon - it's basically a mall and is a good place to while away a couple of hours in Nairobi. It's easily reachable by matatu (40Ksh) from the Latemar Road matatu stand just near the Hotel Kipepeo or you can get a cab for around 1000 Ksh.

There are lots of little (overpriced) curio shops and some nice food places too. You won't get bothered by anyone and it seems very safe. Full of expats! They also had a good mini golf course (!) for 150 Ksh per person, as well as 10 pin bowling for 250 Ksh but don't forget to take some socks for the shoe hire! Alex won the mini golf but only by 1 point.

If you want a nice easy afternoon, this is probably quite a good place to go. It takes about 30 minutes from the city but maybe longer if the traffic is bad.

NOTE: The Village Market is actually out of town in a suburb called Gigiri, and NOT where it is marked on the map I sent you (sorry!). The place on the map is actually City Market, which is quite good for curios and souvenirs especially if you're a dab hand at bargaining. Around City Market, off to the east, there are lots of small shops and stalls for browsing on the side streets.