After leaving the VIP lounge in Zurich’s airport, Joumana and I embarked the airplane and were soon flying on our way to Nairobi.
The airplane was almost empty. Many tourists have changed their plans after seeing the images on the news about the violence in Kenya. We had good first row seats. I didn’t feel like reading a lot, so I watched two movies: The Nanny Diaries and The Bourne Ultimatum. They were both very entertaining.
On the airplane, I was very excited because it was the first time I was travelling to Africa. Joumana had been to Morocco, but not the core of the continent yet. I watched the map on the airplane screens that showed where we were flying, crossing the Mediterranean Sea, going over Egypt and then Sudan.
I was also worried at moments because of the political instability Kenya was living at the moment. After the president Mwai Kibaki was declared winner of the Kenyan elections on December 27th 2007, supporters of the opponent Raila Odinga staged violent and non-violent protests throughout the country. The political and humanitarian crisis that had erupted was calming down, but aggression was still present in certain parts of the country.
Hopefully the crisis would subside, not only for the sake of our trip in Kenya, but also for the Kenyan population who would suffer mostly from the hostilities and the economic predicament.
The airplane was almost empty. Many tourists have changed their plans after seeing the images on the news about the violence in Kenya. We had good first row seats. I didn’t feel like reading a lot, so I watched two movies: The Nanny Diaries and The Bourne Ultimatum. They were both very entertaining.
On the airplane, I was very excited because it was the first time I was travelling to Africa. Joumana had been to Morocco, but not the core of the continent yet. I watched the map on the airplane screens that showed where we were flying, crossing the Mediterranean Sea, going over Egypt and then Sudan.
I was also worried at moments because of the political instability Kenya was living at the moment. After the president Mwai Kibaki was declared winner of the Kenyan elections on December 27th 2007, supporters of the opponent Raila Odinga staged violent and non-violent protests throughout the country. The political and humanitarian crisis that had erupted was calming down, but aggression was still present in certain parts of the country.
Hopefully the crisis would subside, not only for the sake of our trip in Kenya, but also for the Kenyan population who would suffer mostly from the hostilities and the economic predicament.
Picture taken from: Marc Pichette's Blog.
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