Lake Magadi

Our adventure this weekend revolved around Lake Magadi.  To quote Wikipedia, it is the southern most lake in the Kenyan Rift Valley.  The lake is 80% soda ash and is highly alkaline.  This makes it a perfect place for flamingos. The first thing we noticed when we arrived in town was a giant factory.  This …

Lake Magadi: The Drive To

We left on Saturday morning early. Loaded up the 1970s Toyota Landcruiser of Nikolai’s and headed out of Nairobi. We got a full mile down the road and the engine died. We all go out and started pushing. About 10 people joined in to help push the white guys car. One guy down the road …

Daily Lunch Menu

Apologies on not getting out the tales from the weekend, but I have a ton of photos to get through that I want to make sure to include. In the meantime, there’s a food place out behind our office building.  It is a small corrugated iron and concrete block building about the size of a …

Nairobi Weather

In case you were wondering, thought I’d share a little bit about the weather in Nairobi.  It’s actually quite nice right now.  Every day is just about the same with highs in the low 80s and lows around the low 60s.  Nairobi’s elevation is 5,450 which helps keep the temps down throughout the year as …

Keeping Busy

Things are busy around the office.  I went on my first sales call today for one of the startups, Mpepea (Mmm – pey – pey – ah).  I am the mentor assigned primarily to Mpepea.  The business is designed to make it easy for people to get emergency micro loans via their mobile phones.  The …

Older Posts

I forgot to mention it, but I posted all of my old blog posts from Kenya (Part 1) and Namibia to this blog.  Feel free to peruse the archives for my previous experiences.

My Phone is Working

If you need to reach me, and quickly, my phone number is +254 0722 118 066.  You can send me a text message using the same number and be sure to include the ‘+’. You can also text me using jb@jbwoodruff.com if you have an iPhone and you’re using iMessage.

Shannon’s Journey is Underway

Shannon’s journey through Ethiopia is underway and it looks like they’re already having tons of fun. If you are interested in following them along the way check out their tumblr site: http://imagineethiopia2012.tumblr.com

Renewed Hatred of Mosquitoes

The battle is on again. Not sure why, but these Kenyan mosies are loud. 4am and all I hear is bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Lights on. Dead mosie. Lights off. bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZ!!!! Lights on. Dead mosie. Lights off. Repeat. You get the picture. I’m buying a net today.