Last Flight: Laura gets Cowed

Ethiopia Continued:

Laura and I went back to the table and Laura got confirmation for her luggage. We go down the flight of stairs and she displays her whistle to me, egging me to blow and just as I am she pulls it away. We get into a bus, and she tries to unzip my backpack and we go all kung fu on each other. Then we were on our last flight unaware of the time or the day. We ended up sitting next to an individual who was wearing the Dallas Cowboys hat and we teased him for it. His name was Cyprian Shik. He got the window seat. He was born and raised in Kenya, but now works in Dallas. We talked about everything and he helped me with my Swahili while Laura was sleeping. Laura was awakened because the stewardess wanted to inform her that her food was wrapped and about to be warmed, the warming of the food took 40 minutes. My food was not vegan and arrived at the same time and Laura stated that “it was gross” and a punishment.” By this point exhaustion and lack of food and kicked it, and everything if not anything made us laugh. Laura and I were discussing how many cows/goats she may get, and she blurts out “But, I haven’t been cowed yet though!” The laughter was loud and long. The couple yet again was behind us on the other side and we insisted that they were stalking us. We asked them to stop and after 21 hours decided to get their names: Reed and Staci who we might meet up in Mombassa. Cyprian’s birthday is in 2 days and he is excited for some home cooking. So sweet! Now on all these flights alcohol was served as were wine bottles (small but still)! I asked for a wine bottle but never go one. We FINALLY landed excited to be in the country to only have our hearts broken because Laura’s bag did NOT arrive. We went to claims who said they would send it to the Mt. Kilamanjaro airport. We agreed to share clothes and supplies. Poor Thing, but we shall survive. Right now a family/friend intervention is Not needed. However, she was in need of a brush.

We went to bed at the airport, I being somewhat still aware. W awoke after an hour, still half asleep and laughing. We wrote in our journals and individuals came by asking what were doing. Travelers asked us questions about the place, unaware that we too are visitors. I suppose that is a good thing yes…

So after the airport adventure, Laura and I went to buy our tickets for the bus to Tanzania, riverside bus! It comes directly to the airport. Laura and I walked around at 6 AM searching for a toothbrush and finding a cyber café at a surprising 10/= per minute so we thought it would be courteous to inform everyone of our existence in the far away lands of Kenya. We found a tooth brush and sat at the café to play cards. WE caught our bus and on we went!