The flight to Amsterdam was no problem. Northwest has has built in monitors on the back of every seat for international flights. On these you can choose what movie you want to watch, or even play in-flight trivia against other people on the plane. I won 3 straight games and could have turned the plane around calling this a successful trip. We got to the Amsterdam airport and decided that, no, this wouldnt be a good time to start gambling in their casino. On the way back we might have to, but not now. We settled for a beer at the casino bar (Bier Special), and couldnt help but find it ridiculous when we found ourselves having to go through security again while boarding our next flight. How did they think we got into the airport? Our layover lasted four hours and I was able to sleep for half the ride to Nairobi. Bryan* woke me up for the crappy meal but not the ice cream. Explain that one, punk. We had a brief layover in Nairobi and were off to Dar Es Salaam, where we were being met by some guy named Todi (whom we were very concerned we might call 'Toto' given how often weve been listening to Toto's 'Africa,' and I can hardly contain my excitement about the possibility of arriving at an airport where someone might be holding a sign with my name on it. Todi did indeed have the sign, though Bryan had been spelled 'Brayn' and greeted us with a friendly "How was the safari?" "Safari njema." I replied, much to my delight at having successfully used my first Swahili phrase. "Hi Tot...Todi." greeted Brayn. He was also with a friend, Oyab...shoot. I really am having trouble remembering, much less pronouncing this guys name. They took us to a hotel about 20 minutes from the airport and went on their way to stay with some relatives. Brayn and I settled in for the night, the equivalent of about 3pm for us. Right on.
*Bryan: The Lewis to my Clark, the man with the plan, who set up this safari**
**Safari is the Kiswahili*** word for journey, not just a trip where you go see elephants
***Kiswahili is the Kiswahili word for Swahili
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