Arrived!

Leaving at 6pm on Tuesday and arriving 6pm EAT (east african time). Flying over Greece and the Mediterranean via Zurich the blues went to light browns and basically stayed that way until about 20 minutes outside of Nairobi.

The Sudanese terrain exposed dried river basins the entire way, and the Kenyan highlands were like giant tree roots exposed for all to see. Picture the Hudson Valley completely barren of trees, put that at the altitude of Denver and that's the highlands.

Our first flight had Orthodox Jews from Monsey who almost started an altercation with an attendant, Christian missionaries were on the other side of the plane, so there was plenty of God in the house. Zurich is beautiful and Swiss Air all the way was fantastic.

Currently we've met up with 5 of 7 other IVHQers and will start orientation tomorrow. Mike from Deleware will be with us the whole 5 weeks and is a musician. Eva from NYC is not only doing a "I'm 30 let me do something cool" phase and will be with the group through August but also is a Pace grad school student. The world truly is small when you find a fellow NYer in your
University on the other side of the world.

Good night. Orientation starts in the morning.