Nairobi School of Driver's Education

Driving in Kenya, and Nairobi in particular, is a very interesting activity. This evening the Penney's and I went back to Habesha, the Ethopian restaurant. On the way from NEGST to the restaurant there are two interesting features, one is the shortcut through a very dark winding road, and the second is being on-the-lookout for potential bandits, especially as we exit the shortcut and are near the Ngong Forest--a known robbery/hijacking area. As we are beginning to drive down the shortcut, which is pitch black except for the car lights and any lights of oncoming traffic (often brightly shining in your eyes--not good for someone like me with an astygmatism), Don is driving in a manner that even made me uncomfortable, but then I realized that we are racing down this road and past cross-streets and around bends because if we slow down we could compromise our safety. He did not slow down until we reached the "intersection" (a polite word for when two or more roads meet here).
Next we then sped through the Ngong Forest until we reached an area with more traffic, more open spaces, and potentially street lamps if the electric bill was paid recently. Additionally, in daylight or nighttime drivers don't particularly care which side of the road you are on. If someone wants your smoother side of the road they will take expecting that you will back down. This is the Nairobi School of Driving.