A Foreigner In Kenya
What can I tell you? Kenya, the country of nature, of wildlife, and, last but not least the country of the Rift Valley.
Let me start from the beginning. The beginning is usually at the airport. You're very exited about this adventure which is in front of you. Many people have been here, all of them have told a story, different ones but exiting.
You got everything in your pocket. Passport is at the moment not so important. Important is the PCR-Test - of course a negative one. Passangers lining up in a line, waiting patiently, holding their result in their hands. A guy is checking it, reading, then saying: "It's OK". You're going forther, some steps, you must show your QR - Code. This got copied. Some steps later you have to wait on a spot, your temperature got measured.
This procedure takes some time. But Passangers are used to wait. They have to wait everywhere. Flight time is sometimes shorter as the flying time.
From now on you have to run down a long gangway. Money hangers are there. ATM also. I tried to change money at one office, they refused, they only take cash and I'm always short of cash, I prefer to use credit card. The only change to chance to change is the ATM. Here the amount is limited. That's bad! What you can do?
Next stop is Immigration. You need a visa. Funny thing, visa you have to apply online. After three days you will get a visa, that means a peace of paper. That's not a visa, the visa you hopefully applied for, gives you the nice immigration officer.
"Welome, Sir", greeting me the officer. Actually I like more the ladies. They got more sense.
"Good day, " usually I'm answering.
I'm a kind guy.
I give him this peace of paper, my passport.
"What you're doing here?"
Acctually it's written on this visa paper.
"I'm tourist."
"Tourist?!" can I hear here a surprise?
"Yes."
"Where you're going? Staying in Nairobi or you go somwhere else?"
"I'm going to Nakuru, looking at the lake and the wildlife."
"i give you one month."
You you have to smile, a Foto is taken. A stamp is given into your passport. You're released.
Colloct your luggage, you can go out of the airport terminal.
Kenya, here I am.
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