Survival-kit

After some weeks in a new city you learn a lot about how to survive. Some things you learn because other people tell you, other things you learn simply by making your own mistakes.
At this time I have invented the "Nairobi survival-kit". This kit you should always carry with you, every time you leave the house.

- Toilet-paper. There are a lot of different toilets around, but the thing they have in common, is the lack of toilet-paper. Good to know..
- Anti-bac. Often not a lot of opportunities to wash your hands during the day.
- Ear-plugs. When you're in a "disco-matatu", it might feel like someone is putting a knife into your ears.
-A bottle of water
-Sunblock, sunglasses and something to cover your head

Back in Norway I used to think wallet, phone and keys. Then I were all set to go.
Here it is a bit different, of course you need the fantastic survival-kit, but you also need to think: Have I brought anything that I can't afford being stolen? If I bring my camera, I know that the last pictures taken, is safe in my computer back home. If I bring my VISA card, I know that my other VISA is safe in my bedroom. When I bring my phone, I have already made a list with the phonenumbers. And the computer..Back-up disks, or simply always leave it at home.

Mathare and Michael Johnson

The days are flying here, so little time to rest, so much work and so many things to experience..
Michael Johnson and Marcel Desailly were visiting MYSA this week, that was fun. They played soccer with the youth and we went to the Mathare slum together. Many impressions at the same time. But that is Nairobi, on one side you have these gigantic really nice houses, on the other side a huge slum area.. A bit confusing some times, you just dont't know what to think.




A hair saloon in Mathare

Mathare

Some monkeys in the City Park

Me and Michael Johnson, hehe..

Pictures

Just posting some pictures from my new everydaylife here in Nairobi.


My first soccermatch as a physio


Hilde's girls Sigrid, Kristin and an african girl Ashley


This I'm passing on my way to work, not my office though


Homeoffice by the pool

Karibu Kenya!

Now there is no way back, I have moved to Kenya and already started my work here. But there are few complaints yet. Today we had homeoffice by the pool, making a trainingprogramme for MYSA's senior soccerplayers. (One of the best teams in Kenya!) And the pool is in my own backyard! I can easily get used to this. The time spend by the pool is of course not the only thing I've been doing, and are going to do. I have been to the city centre and got a bit scared, I have travelled by matatu and gotten even more scared. The city is very huge and confusing, and the local bus (matatu), well, what can you say.. It is not the safest transport, with drivers driving like crazy. But I have to admit, it is fun!
My apartment is good, with water-toilet, shower and a kitchen inside. A bit different from Mozambique. I'm sharing apartment with another Marianne. She is also a physiotherapist and has been working with MYSA the last year. It is good to have a person here who knows the city, and can tell us what our work will be like. Us, for those who don't know, is me and Hilde. Hilde is the other physio I'm going to work with this year. She is here with her Kenyan husband, and her two extremely charming girls. They live in the same place we do, just in another apartment.
Tomorrow I will go to the gym at MYSA, and do some rehab training with some of the players. Guess I don't have to say that this will be a great year! And I have some spare beds, so you are very welcome!
Pictures will come later, I haven't forgotten my promise Hilde! And Larry, I live next to the YAYA centre. :)