Welcome to Kenya

I will type on this one. Sorry! So as you may or may not know, I am now in Nairobi, Kenya. I left the Dayton airport at 12 pm on tuesday, and after some serious flight time and a couple of delays I eventually arrived in Nairobi at 4am local time. Right now its an 8 hour difference, so it was 8 pm Wed Ohio time. I cant sleep on a plane for the life of me, unless im on morphine, so needless to say I was ready to crash. The director of the NGO ill be working with met me at the airport, along with her regular taxi Charles. Apparently they had been there since 11pm, so Im guessing she paid a good amount for his services that night! He dropped us off at the Hotel Embassy, a classy hostel type of place with all of the furnishings anyone living in 1973 could desire. It was the Ritz to me at that point given how tired I was, so i hauled my stuffed backpack and 115. 2 lbs of duffel bags (this is an exact measurement, I have the overweight payment receipt from the friendly lady at the airport to prove it) up the 3 flights of stairs, got into my room, and went to take care of a badly needed number 2. As I did my business, I noticed the lack of a shower....oh, there was a shower head alright, complete with hot and cold knobs, that was almost directly above my head as I sat, but nothing else. confident with my assessment of the shower situation, my thoughts turned to the only other adornment the room provided... a beaten up, apparently formerly baby blue 5 gallon bucket on the floor. as hard as I tried, only one good possibility for its existence in the bathroom jumped out at me. upon termination of the previously mentioned activity, I flushed, and much do my dismay, learned that my guess had been right. I had taken the browns all the way to the superbowl, but seeing how long they had waited to get there, I guess they didnt want to leave. after a desperate jiggle, jiggle, jiggle, and still no reponse, i tried using the bucket to make it flush, but with no luck. Exhausted, I closed the door and went to sleep. It was 4 30am, and that 730 wakeup was coming soon. Welcome to Kenya!