Brooks
Our new home, the Bliss Hotel in Migouri is very special...and you know what's so special about it? In Kenya the word "hotel", actually means restaurant, so our hotel for sleeping is actually a restaurant for eating that happens to have 16 rooms in it! The great part about this is that when we get home at night, hot, sweaty, and tired, we are also very hungry, so we don't have to wonder where to go and find something to eat! And, the menu is awesome... there's poultry - seven different dishes to choose from, beef ugali or fish ugali - a nice corn mush topped with beef or fish and then, of course, chapati - a nice thick round flat wheat tortilla-looking fried bread, rice and yeahhh, French fries. That's it! And, the best part is that is doesn't matter which of the seven poultry dishes you choose, it's all the same: two pieces of tough, very skinny chicken, fried. So, for me, I've mostly skipped the ugali and stuck to the chicken and French fries or like tonight, I had the rice, steeped in oil.
Our first night at the Bliss Hotel was extra special, because we were lucky enough to have gotten the very last room available. The cost per night is $20, so you can see why it's such a popular spot! Unfortunately, our room is right across the hall from the restaurant, with the bathroom window with slats that won't close opening to the hallway. No matter, small price to pay for our good fortune. However, when I walked into our room, I first stepped onto a huge green grasshopper, which Roger said, "Well, at least it's dead." So, I had to agree and quickly dismissed my disgust. But, then, a few steps further into the room, there it was lying in the middle of the floor: a feather, a chicken feather!! My dinner - the poor little skinny chicken I had just eaten! The poor thing had obviously met his maker somewhere close by my room and been plucked even closer by and one of his feathers floated into my open window (of course, with no screen on it, letting in not only feathers, but mosquitoes as well!).
As some of you know, I keep a collection of toilet photos from interesting places in the world. I rather liked this one from our room at the Bliss Hotel to add to my collection. There's nothing particularly spectacular about it, but it does confirm my opinion that when there is no toilet seat, it's got to knock off at least a good 10 minutes of cleaning time! And, when the shower is part of the bathroom itself, hey that's got to eliminate who knows how much time???
It's been a great day today, being with Kenyan Believers, teaching them and being taught by them. And it's been good to come home to the Bliss Hotel. I have to giggle, though, as I think about the chickens, which will be cluck, clucking away to each other very early tomorrow morning outside my window. Also, unfortunately, I guess one more skinny, little chicken will be contributing to our dinner tomorrow night as well!
As some of you know, I keep a collection of toilet photos from interesting places in the world. I rather liked this one from our room at the Bliss Hotel to add to my collection. There's nothing particularly spectacular about it, but it does confirm my opinion that when there is no toilet seat, it's got to knock off at least a good 10 minutes of cleaning time! And, when the shower is part of the bathroom itself, hey that's got to eliminate who knows how much time???
It's been a great day today, being with Kenyan Believers, teaching them and being taught by them. And it's been good to come home to the Bliss Hotel. I have to giggle, though, as I think about the chickens, which will be cluck, clucking away to each other very early tomorrow morning outside my window. Also, unfortunately, I guess one more skinny, little chicken will be contributing to our dinner tomorrow night as well!
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