It's just a short walk away-August 4th, 2012

Today was the offical day that we arrived in Mombasa. We drove vans to our compound where we were staying. We arrived at about 3 am and not shortly after we got here we met some of the other people that were staying hrer, Joel, Mia and Homyan. We all stayed up late talking to them about their experiences at the hospital and with everything else. I got a little scared because they said that at the hospital you kind of just get thrown in there and you can pretty much perform anything you are comfortable doing. We finally went to bed and it was about 5 am and we all slept in pretty late. I woke up around 2 pm. Today was our orientation so we took a "short walk" to the nakumatt, which is the market (comparable to a walmart) you can pretty much get anything you need there. We all were able to get money exchanged and get minutes for our phones and internet. We then took another "short walk" to the beach. The Kenyans walk everywhere, so they think that things are close and in reality it takes like 20 minutes to walk somewhere. When we arrived it was amazing! The sand was so white and soft and the water was so blue. We stayed there until about 6:30pm and decided to head back as it gets dark at 7 pm. We then had our first Swahilli dish that was very good! It was like Jambalia rice with cut up meat and potatoes in it. They served it with some vegetables and fruit. We then decided to head to this cafe that has free wifi. It was a really nice place and we all order some drinks and enjoyed having internet! Later in the night we made our way to this outdoor bar/dance club called Bob's. It was pretty crazy, but we all had fun and didn't make it home until 2:30 am.