Bhav wanted to go shopping and I just wanted to explore Nairobi. We’d seen a lot of the city from the taxi and it looked like quite a big city with some attractive buildings. Nairobi is a very western city with high rise buildings, wide open parks and funky colonial buildings. The city centre was only a short walk from the hostel. We found out about a weekly souvenir market that happened to coincide with our visit so we headed for that. Luckily the EgyptAir office was overlooking the market so we went there first to book our flights to Cairo. After that we headed over to the market but we bumped into a guy called John who wanted to talk to us.
My namesake told us he was a teacher and asked if we would mind telling him about our countries. Feeling suitably flattered and in need of lunch we headed off with him to a nearby cafe. It soon became apparent that he was actually just after money and a free lunch. In the end I gave him 100 shillings (£0.88) so we could escape.
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