Nairobi

I was walking on the quiet streets of Nairobi, 1-st, Jan, 2008. During the first chaos after The Presidential Election in this country.

I lived in the Lavington area in the western part of Nairobi. First we took a matatu to Westlands, and then walked to the down town. This part of city is considered a prestige one so it was very clean here.

Str. Loita, Nairobi, Kenya

After a 40-minutes' walk from Westlands we got to Central Nairobi. Like other big cities, many skyscrapers here. Every store and company was closed, I could not buy any things, even drinking water. Finally we found one with defense.

The only opened restaurant this day in center - Trattoria on Kaunda street. I had a lunch here.

Just on the opposite side of where I lived in Lavington there was a chinese restaurant, a chinese family was running it - the wife as a cashier and manager, the husband as a chef cook and a grandma as well with some local guys as servants. The chinese family went to Kenya 6 years ago. Many expats here having supper in this good restaurant.