This isn't the Africa that you're likely thinking of...

Well, for many of you what you know of Africa is what you've seen in the news. Movies like Black Hawk Down, The Mummy, and many others paint a picture of dry sandy dunes or of ramshackle squalor. However, Africa is so much more, and this is especially true of Kenya.
Kenya is, by and large, an arrid climate. However, it does have its rainy season, which is just ending. And, I am able to enjoy the lush green palms and the numerous flowers. When I left Illinois my grass was as brown and dead as an old grass skirt.