1. Always bring a razor. By the end of the two weeks, Chase ended up looking like Robinson Crusoe and my new adolescent Kenyan friends were all so astounded by my leg hair. Really, though, people it had probably grown at least a centimeter long. Whoa.
2. Remember or save your Safaricom pin numbers. If not, you will not be able to get into your phone and internet connection when the devices turn off until you get back to Nairobi. Whoops!
3. Have a flashlight handy. You never know when you'll get stranded somewhere because of the downpour and have to walk two miles home in the pouring rain.
4. Egg is not an adequate substitute for cooking oil.
5. You can't light the gas canister without it first being turned on. Just holding a match there won't do the trick.
6. When a shopping center has a male and female security guard at the door, it is culturally inappropriate to follow Chase into the line with the male security guard.
7. The passenger's side is on the LEFT. Let me practice saying it so I can remember... it's on the LEFT.
8. NEVER cut a hot chili pepper and then wipe the edge of your nose. In fact, I'm not sure I'm ever cutting one again.
9. Extra water is pretty important. It is good to keep hydrated, if you do not you may overheat, it is also equally important to keep the car hydrated, because if you don't it too will overheat.
10. Don't drink beverages after 6pm. If you do, you'll be forced to go out alone in the dark to the cho (the bathroom ie. a hole in the ground) in the middle of the night or wake up a grumpy husband to accompany you.
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