A YOUNG KENYAN'S DIARY

Westlands is such a beautiful place, in comparison to the rest of Nairobi. It's just a stone throw from CBD yet it's a stark contrast from its vehicular chaos and crowds. It's green and full of 80s and 90s suburban architecture. Something about clay tiles and whitewashed walls give me nostalgia. I lived futher along Waiyaki way as a child, near Nairobi school so I spent a lot of time roving suburbs in Lavington and Westlands mostly in school buses or on Sunday for after church lunches. I never use uber or bolt or any other pocket taxi service mainly because I know my way around Nairobi very well (hopefully this isn't a jinx). Also because I grew up broke and I have always perceived taxis as a luxury for sheltered kids, business men and women. I was going to meet a friend in Westy so I got into a matatu and alighted it near a private road about 500m from my destination so I could take a little walk following my google maps. It was late dusk when I arrived at my destinati...