In case of an emergency within Kenya, the Peace Corps has in place a drill to consolidate all volunteers into secure locations around the country. This last weekend was a practice so that we know how, for what prices, and how long it takes to get to our designated city.
My designated city is a town called Nanyuki at the foot of Mount Kenya. Seems really exciting to see this part of Kenya and travel right? Not completely. While this was the general feeling I had, I get extremely carsick and Matatus are the worst possible agitator of said sickness and the trip to Nanyuki is about 5-7 hours by Matatu. =(
This generally wouldn’t bother me too much except there is another consolidation group that meets in Nakuru (which is only 40 minutes from my site) and I actually have to go to Nakuru to transit to Nanyuki. So the thought that there is a less torturous consolidation point is disappointing, but what can you do?
We all make it to Nanyuki and proceed to Old House which is the Hotel/conference centre where we are to stay. It is really nice! It has a rustic-y wood feel and plenty of green space to walk around w/o shoes (which is not possible most places unless you want to get some sort of parasite or bacteria up in your feet), which for someone who loves the feeling of grass between their toes is AMAZING.
The only sad thing was that we were only to stay one night, so little time to recover physically before having to do the nauseating matatu trek all over again. But two free meals, a soft bed and a SHOWER and of course time with fellow volunteers was definitely something that I needed.
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