Visiting Maurice

April 7, 2017

We went to visit William's brother today.  His name is Maurice, he has two children, one girl, one baby boy.  His wife is Christine, she made both lunch and dinner for us.  The power was out when we got to their place, but thankfully the stove was still working (from gas) so we were able to have lunch.  Their cousin, Carole, was also there.  She said she worked in Vancouver for 2 years!! So we had a great chat, she knew all the different places there.  It was so nice to meet someone who actually knows my town!

Me and Carole

Carole and baby Paul

He's so cute!!

Here are the delicious dishes Christine made us! 

Ugali  is a staple dish here, just like rice. Its made out of a flour kind of powder mixed in with hot water. When you eat it, you basically cut a piece out of it like cake, and you eat it with other dishes with your hands.

Chapati is another staple dish. I love this thing. It taste like Indian Roti. 

After lunch, Maurice and William had great chats and started playing scrabbles.  I got a little sleepy still adjusting the jet lag, so they let me nap in the baby room for a while.  It was so nice to sleep beside the baby! You can hear him breathing and it's so cute.

Christine took me with her to buy some groceries just outside of their house.  We met her daughter, (Achieng) downstairs with her bike.  We took some nice pictures here. Achieng is a little shy but we drew somethings together on the dining table.  She seemed to really like my gray markers. :) 

Here is what the outside shops look like:

A butcher shop

There are some sausages being cooked in front of the butcher shop.  I think they might be selling these.

Christine is picking some bananas to make for dinner.

This is the dish Christine made out of bananas!! It's a salty dish so I didn't expect it be made by bananas. It tasted kind of like a potato dish but more soft and chewy.

Christine showed me this is what they use to make Ugali

We started cooking dinner after this.

Part of the kitchen

To start the stove, you have to use a match and then turn on the gas. It was scary at first but after making many meals at Paul's house I got better at it.

Christine Cooking

Dinner is ready!

We had dinner around 10pm and finally head home around 11:30pm. By the end of the night William was pretty out of it. The next day William said he didn't remember anything after 8pm! Good thing we got home safe with Uber.  In Nairobi we pretty much take uber everywhere. It's convenient and quite cheap. The lowest fare starts at 300 shillings (about $3 USD).