Nairobbery!

 There is something scary about witnessing someone getting robbed in these streets!

So am standing there waiting for my uber and across the road, i hear mwizi mwizi!! and right before my eyes, a man is giving chase to another man who has, as I gather, grabbed his mobile phone! they ran on the busy highway and cars are forced to screech and swerve! weuhh

the thief was faster and so the poor man lost his phone, just like that

The uber finally arrives and we head out - turns out he too witnessed it from another angle. The thief was on a boda boda and snatched the phone from the guy who was walking along the road...the boda boda was destabilized by a passing vehicle and tilted over, so also the boda driver had to flee since it was clear they were together with the thief

By the time we passed near the scene...the boda had been impounded...and the distressed victim was there as well (question...is the boda now his asset??? hehehhehe)

Yaani in this day if a phone is taken you are really set back!!

Keep Safe!

Finland!

 Visited Helsinki, Finland and really loved the experience

Imagine the entire population of Finland is equal to people living in Nairobi metropolis - that's just about 5.5m!

The ride from airport to the hotel one sees lots of trees and google says that Finland is 70% covered by woodlands.....imagine that!

The hotel we stayed in was walking distance to various places - so the daily walk was very welcome -I think I logged it at least 5km daily (thank God I carried my faithful sneakers...at the very last minute). The buildings are a mixture of old types and modern & very artistic designs..quite something!

It helped that its summer so sun sets around 10pm and so one has lots of time to walk around before dark - however, this is something that needs some quite getting used to - that you can actually be prepping for bed and outside is bright!

The final day was dinner on a cruise boat that was both idyllic and scenic...loved it!

Though I didn't manage to get to a sauna (which am told is a loved pastime for Finnish people)...there is always a next time :)

side note....Finnair got delayed on the return leg and we ended up in a hotel in the sweltering heat of Doha!

Else...Kiitos (asante)!