So I am sitting here sweeting as usual... its a constant thing down here which is just accepted by the locals... but for us we still cant get over the fact that it looks like we are running a marathon while we eat breakfast.. ugh
anyways last night we went out clubbing... it was a blast. We cought the matatu around 9:30 to the club. its all open air so like roof but no real walls... and u arrive and the place that you think is the whole club is actually just the small like entry area.. then you pass through like 3 security points- metal detectors and all and proceed down this huge ramp into a valley... literally! So the bar is actually down in the bottom of this valley which on one side is jungle and the other is a rock face. So cool anyways we had a blast but we also learned alot.
We arrived early because its not safe to take the matatu later than 9:30ish and there were very few people in the club. As the night went on the crowds filled... with what we realized were mostly escorts. We talked with mike about it alot. Mombasa has a large influx of basically older men and women from Europe who come down and get long or short term escorts. So by 11:00 the bar was packed with 60-75 year old white men and 18-25 year old african women. There was also some older white women and younger african men. It was quite the eye opener and we have decided that we are actually going to do one of our club nights (where we give out info, condoms counselling services etc at a night club) at the club we attended.
Anyways kind of an odd blog I know but it was a very eye opening experience to see it that obviously. Ok well hope everyone at home is doing well... and enjoying the snow / cold... haha you will all be happy to know my skin is in a constant state of peeling.. its impossible to stop it from getting exposed to the sun but its so hot it just cooks it haha, im not burning but I sure am peeling haha
Talk soon
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"I'm not burning, but I sure am peeling".......You're not doing a very good job at teaching the readers of this blog how to protect their skin!!! You do realize that only dead skin peels, right??!! You're a goof. I can't imagine what my skin would be doing!
What an experience at the club. I'm really curious about the lives of those women (and men). Children, families, poverty etc...leading them to that lifestyle. When Joel and I were in Barcelona we were struck by how many African women would show up on the street (they lined the street of Las Ramblas- the big pedestrian street) after dark. They were all prostitutes. We found out later after some discussion with various locals/tourists that the women are actually brought to Spain with the promise of work and then they are "fed" into the sex industry. It's almost impossible for them to leave, because their pimps control the money and they don't have enough to even get back home. It's a sad story that exists almost everywhere in the world and it needs to be addressed. HIV testing is one piece and an important one.
....a little different than the unionized sex industry in Amsterdam hey?
hey jessie
i'm just trying to get caught up on your posts here. it's a bit of a culture shock eh! i think that you would get used to it in no time. do different african countries vary greatly in terms of their customs? (for example, the call to prayer, and magical spell thing)
so that's cool that you went to an open air club in the middle of a valley! what kind of music do they play??
what has been your favourite country so far?
Yes it was quite the experience at the club.... stacie... ya customs vary from place to place even area to area in the town but im not gunna pretend I really know cause things are pretty complex regarding customs... the majority of mombasa is muslim so call to prayer happens over the loud speakers... about 40% are catholic.
I have just been in kenya so far but my month of travelling I may go to some other countries and then I will be in Tanzania for the remainder of the time....
Anyways have to run hope all is well
LOL...if you're peeling can you IMAGINE what would be happening to me.
erica.... you would have died by now!! haha
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