Summer in Nairobi is typically from January to March, before the rainy season (called long rains) starts. And boy, has it been hot and sunny. In the afternoon, around 3pm seems to be hottest time and the temperatures some days exceed +30C. Luckily mornings and evenings are cool, so it is actually quite nice. At least the water in the swimming pool is tolerably warm yet refreshing.
So weatherwise I love it. What's bad though is that it is really dry. The earth is cracked and there's dust everywhere. Even after a short jog you can clearly see the sock lines, white under the socks and reddish brown from ancles up. I've also developed a bit of 'golfer's ancles', thanks for all the sun or maybe it is the dirt tattooing my legs
I'm surprised there are no bush or other big fires as there's open fire everywhere. People make small fires for cooking, burn trash and to warm up in the evenings so one would think there would be accidental fires as a consequence of that. It is good that's not the case since emergency services are almost nonexistent over here.
If you dial 999 in Kenya or even the direct number for your local police station, most likely you'll get an automated message saying: ‘The number you require is out of service/not accessible’. I've only seen an ambulance a few times, and police don't have too many vehicles and Police often like to catch a lift to a crime scene in your car because they rarely have fuel for their own vehicles and it is not uncommon they'll ask for a ride to the scene because they don't have a car or it is out of fuel.
I don't think there's a fire department either, and if there is it probably would take hours to get them to fight the fire. Some private security firms have their own fire trucks and you better be a subscriber to their services if your house if on fire and you need help. I heard about a story where someone's house was on fire and the private fire truck came to the scene, but refused to help before the poor guy handed over his credit card details as he was not a subscriber to their services. Quite sad, and scary. Hopefully we never really have an emergency...
So weatherwise I love it. What's bad though is that it is really dry. The earth is cracked and there's dust everywhere. Even after a short jog you can clearly see the sock lines, white under the socks and reddish brown from ancles up. I've also developed a bit of 'golfer's ancles', thanks for all the sun or maybe it is the dirt tattooing my legs
I'm surprised there are no bush or other big fires as there's open fire everywhere. People make small fires for cooking, burn trash and to warm up in the evenings so one would think there would be accidental fires as a consequence of that. It is good that's not the case since emergency services are almost nonexistent over here.
If you dial 999 in Kenya or even the direct number for your local police station, most likely you'll get an automated message saying: ‘The number you require is out of service/not accessible’. I've only seen an ambulance a few times, and police don't have too many vehicles and Police often like to catch a lift to a crime scene in your car because they rarely have fuel for their own vehicles and it is not uncommon they'll ask for a ride to the scene because they don't have a car or it is out of fuel.
I don't think there's a fire department either, and if there is it probably would take hours to get them to fight the fire. Some private security firms have their own fire trucks and you better be a subscriber to their services if your house if on fire and you need help. I heard about a story where someone's house was on fire and the private fire truck came to the scene, but refused to help before the poor guy handed over his credit card details as he was not a subscriber to their services. Quite sad, and scary. Hopefully we never really have an emergency...
