Back in Nairobi again (07.02.10 AM)

Right, well I'm back in Nairobi. To find there is no internet at the moment. The BIEA computers were all virussed up so they've taken the network down until it is sorted. And guess who gets to sort it... yes, me. I don't mind though, it's one of those jobs I can do while doing something else, and I'll get paid for it, so that's quite good. So right now I am writing this at home while my first load of washing goes round and round in the machine. And then I'm going to nip to the Kasuku centre do buy a couple of bits before heading to Java at the sarit centre to use the internet. I might also have lunch or something. Something warm. I'm so cold. I'm actually wearing a jumper today and I plan to layer up to go out. It's really rainy as well today, but I don't really want to take my raincoat with me, so unless it's raining when I leave I'll just keep my laptop in a plastic bag and hope I don't get too wet. So Friday night I said goodbye to everyone. Claire sent big hugs back to Sarah with me, and I even got hugs from all the guys as well. Will hopefully be able to keep in touch with them all. I didn't get much sleep because of shenanigans going on around me during the night. The new member of staff at the hostel spent the night in the Swedish guy next door's room. And there was a bit of an argument going on at about 2.30 in the morning about it. I was woken up pretty much every hour by something or other going on. And then I had to get up at 5.30 to get myself ready and out. I was fleeced by the taxi driver as well, I might email the hostel and complain as they booked him for me. But it was paid for by the BIEA so I don't mind too much. The bus journey was just long. I don't think I want to do a long one like that again. The rest stops just weren't enough to stretch my legs properly in, and my knees were killing me by the end of it. I also had a very annoying Congolese man next to me who insisted on taking up more space than he should have done. Anyway, I read quite a bit, and stared out of the window a bit, and slept quite a lot, and made it back to Nairobi by just about 8pm, which wasn't too bad at all.

Once back at the guest house I met Laura who was eating downstairs. If Hannah hadn't been on the phone when I got it I would have just stayed upstairs, but I'm glad she was as Laura is a brilliant woman. She's a palaeolithic archaeologist, and is off to dig up a site in Western Kenya, right by Lake Victoria. She was also a graduate attachee back in the day, and met Ignacio while she was here when he was just doing his phd I think. Anyway, very lovely, we had a really nice chat and she invited me to come to western with her on the dig. I would absolutely love to but I do want to get this museum stuff done, so I'm really going to go at it and then just tell Matt I'm going up either next week or when they go up for a third visit in a couple of weeks. Hopefully they'll find lots and I can go up for the third visit as I would like to get the Kap museum stuff done first. But she's a lithics person and she's into the MSA, so she's really just the perfect person to get to know. She's really my kind of person as well. Completely no nonsense. She said that if I want to go then I should just tell them I'm going, and she was horrified at some of the stuff I did before Christmas, and what I'm doing now actually. She was appalled when I said what I had been doing the last couple of weeks. She's really made me see things in a new light. It think I had been fooled into thinking that this was just the way of it, which I suppose it is sometimes, but it doesn't have to be. So, I'm going to stop gushing now, even though she managed to give me a new confidence and courage in just around an hour. I think also being in Kampala has made me think quite a lot, and also made me a lot more confident and, I don't know, just more assertive I guess. In my head at least. Now I just need to put it to practice, which I intend to start with straight away.

So, I have much to do, and it's going to start with having cheese on toast, both items kindly donated by Laura this morning. And then I will go to Java. I had things planned that I wanted to research, so as soon as I remember what they were I'll get on it.

Note to self: Try and improve memory more.

Note to self 2: Try to improve my memory

Gosh I'm so funny. *headdesk*

Later edit: Hee hee, I just had a lovely long phone conversation with Sarah. It was so nice to catch up. She's still in Eldoret but only going to be there for another week or two, so hopefully I'll see her soon! She also decided to nickname a certain person which amused us both. Can't wait til she comes back. Anyway, time seems to have slipped away from me again. Better get going!

And another edit. It's now 1pm, I am in Java, but I can't connect to the internet. I think it must be something to do with my laptop, because other people have their laptops out. Anyway, I may have changed my mind about the nickname mainly because there may be a helicopter ride involved. Oooh. On Thursday or Friday, so I shall keep you updated. Providing I am ever able to connect to the internet. Darn it.