@swugisha They are when done right. On Ngong' road I saw at the Prestige junction theu introduced the "people crossing lights" these should be at every pedestrian crossing. And enforced like regular traffic lights. The downside is car travel takes longer
I am a little overwhelmed by the process of looking for a professional job (I haven't really started) but I am so thankful to have the opportunity. The other day I was looking at RTPI membership & realized that I have to renew my AAK sub to look serious. And I just did.
Also, the limit being £1750 and I'm a student working part time is also wild to me. Equity that I have received my salary through for years will not even give me that much 😭😭. And I understood currencies cost of living and all that but still !!
My bank has been trying to get me to take some sort of credit card for a few months now and the other day I decided to try it out and I was so shocked. I have the option to repay in full after 30 days or in 3 monthly installments at 0 interest or with interest for a year.
Obviously I will be charged if I miss payments. I haven't read the fine print so I don't know how bad that is. But it's just one of those things that shows me how sucky getting credit in Kenya is.
I genuinely thought our pilot was lying.
About halfway through the flight, the captain came over the intercom and said, “Good news, everyone.”
“We’re expected to arrive about 50 minutes early.” I looked at my boarding pass. Then looked out the window.
Then I looked at the guy sitting next to me. I whispered, “How?” He shrugged.
“Maybe we caught a good tailwind.” I wasn’t convinced. For the rest of the flight, I became completely convinced pilots had secret shortcuts they just didn’t tell passengers about.
Like… “Traffic looks bad over Tennessee.” “Let’s cut through Kentucky.”
When we landed, curiosity got the better of me. I stopped to thank the captain as I got off the plane. Then I asked,
“I have to know…” “How do you save almost an hour?” He smiled.
Maybe it was just an off day but on Thursday it took me almost one and a half hours to get home from town. When I worked in town last year it used to take me about 45 minutes. I probably shouldn't jump to conclusions but I am genuinely concerned.
half of being a local is the relationships you develop with people at your local spots that you frequent. you’re not going to replicate the local experience as a tourist just because you went to an unassuming bagel shop instead of a well-known one. and that’s fine. the obsession TOURISTS have with the whole “i’m not like other tourists” mindset is so annoying. it’s fine to just be a tourist! being a tourist is so fun!
i once went to amsterdam with someone who was obsessed with not being a tourist so we spent all day riding bikes around residential neighborhoods and never went to the van gogh museum or anne frank house. miserable way to travel
Nairobi needs to shift from trying to solve every mobility challenge with flyovers, wider roads, and elevated highways to investing in fast and reliable public transport.