Life in Nairobi

Everything seems familiar, like everyone knows my name. Nairobians always greet you with a smile and an inquisitive look, their warmth exudes their handshake and greeting. Have been here before because the surroundings seem oddly familiar. The landscape bares the markings of a equatorial climate (which I assume Nairobians enjoy during a majority of the year since Nairobi sits nearly on the equator) although currently the southern hemisphere is coming out of the winter season and entering into spring. Nairobi is a mile above sea level (nestled 5,450 ft above to be exact) and is especially cool right now, to some degree bone chillingly cool. I wear a sweater around the apartment and about town. If you have ever spent a misty 58 degree autumn day outdoors, away from a source of heat you know what I a talking about. The chill is tough to shake. My colleagues are reassuring me that it has been getting noticeably warmer. Although Nairobi is chilly they say any trip to the Kenyan lowlands will immediately send the mercury back atop the thermometer achieving confirming my preconceived notion of this arid and toasty continent that I had anticipated.