Made it to Eldoret

Well, after an adventure in which we almost missed our plane to Eldoret at 7:15 on Sunday morning, we got here.  The town is a bit more rundown than I had imagined, though we haven't explored anything yet.  Evan is a great traveling companion, though he is very worried that we are going to get kidnapped or something.  So, exploring these towns and cities isn't hsi strong suit.  The biggest scare was nearly missing the plane, which would really have put us in a pickle.  When we got to Eldoret, the head of the geography department (yes, there IS such a thing), met us at the airport as planned, so that worked out well.  What hasn't worked out quite as well was the house on campus isn't ready, so we have to stay in a hotel until Wednesday.  African hotels are not the greatest.  We had to change rooms here, because the there were only a couple of lights working in the first room.  I brought flashlights, but I"m not ready to use them!!  And the pool that the geographer said we could use at this hotel could NOT be any greener.  I don't think we'll be swimming in it.  So the transition to the campus has taken a looooooong time, which has kind of unnerved both Evan and me.  It makes the days longer, makes the time drag by so slowly.  It's just the in-betweeness of it (how's that for a geographic concept?).  But, we will perservere.  We have to at this point!  Tomorrow someone is supposed to pick us up and take us to the campus, about twenty miles south of town.  There are about 6000 students there, classes have started, there IS apparently a school for Evan to go to, so I truly believe once we are there, things will be fine.  Getting there has been an experience!