Having spent my first day settling in, and strolling to the closest place with an atm (about a half-hour walk to a little mall), I decided to face my fears of this city that has such a bad rep, convert it to a sense of adventure, and head in to explore Nairobi. I took a cab to the national museum (very adventurous, I know!), as good a starting point as any. The entrance sign outlined the 3 different rates: citizen (200KSH), resident (600KSH) and non-resident - i....

Ok so it had already begun, but stepping onto the Shosholeza Meyl train in Cape Town to start the 26 hour (ended up being 30...) trip to Johannesburg it felt like the true challenge was just starting! The train was comfortable enough, unfortunately the seats were leather and it being one of the hottest days in Cape Town I was peeling myself off the seat every time I moved - until on of my train buddies had the GENIUS idea of sitting on our towels. My train buddi...