The basic necessities- food, water, shelter . . .

A bit more on the current situation before I go back in time to recall my safari adventures . . .

Last night, Sam, Adam, Ben, Tom and I ventured out to go get some groceries in a nearby Nakumatt. The first two grocery stores/shopping centers were closed by the time we got there (at 7pm)- these stores normally stay open a bit later but had shut down a bit early for security reasons (we assume). More interesting was when we arrived at the 3rd store- there was a line wrapped around the entire store with people trying to stock up on essentials. Given the fact that the Shalom House (our current accommodation which also is a social enterprise organization supporting various nonprofits here in Nairobi) has two restaurants on-site, we decided to head back, eat dinner, and hope that we could venture back out to pick up some groceries today.

Tonight we plan to make a decision as to whether we are going to wait things out here or head to Zanzibar or somewhere else for a few days to see if things calm down. Will keep you posted.