I took Tess and JJ on a mini tour of Eldoret today. We started with the Cheese Factory. Tess and JJ bought cottage cheese, morzoella cheese, and safari cheese (I'm not the biggest fan of the cheese here - you'd think after 4 months, it would've grown on me wouldn't you?!). Then we went on the hunt for Kitengue material, as Tess wanted an African dress made. We went to the dressmakers just opposite Robert’s gift shop, by the market. JJ actually found some material that she liked, and had a dress designed. Tess found some material – it was a great mustard colour, just across the road, and we were back at the dressmakers designing a dress for Tess.
So, we leave the dressmakers, and JJ puts her purse in her pocket. Suddenly, 3 men come up next to her and push up against her. There were a number of people milling around, but there was no reason to crush her. Suddenly she cried out; “You’ve just taken my wallet – give it back”. Everything happened so quickly at that point. She approached one of the men in a red fleece, but he’d obviously handed the wallet over to his friends. We turned around, and all the shop owners were approaching, it looked like there might be a fight. JJ was checking the back pockets of the boy in a panic, as she had everything important in that wallet, including her visa cards. It wasn’t there, however, a few seconds later, one of the shop owners held the wallet up high. JJ was so relieved. She said the adrenalin had really kicked in. When she went back to collect her kitengue on the Tuesday, the shop keepers told her that they had beat the robbers. When I told my colleagues in the office, they said the robbers were lucky not to be killed, as sometimes they can be put burning tyres around their necks and kill them.This shocked me! I know they've wronged, but really, do they deserve to die for that!?
We had lunch at hotel Klique, where JJ could get WI-FI. She explained that she realised it was wrong to put the wallet in her pocket, as she’d seen a group of 3 of them staring at her, but she had just become a bit more relaxed about security now. To cheer ourselves up, we took a trip to Zion Mall and bought some chocolate balls. JJ had put in some flip flops to be tightened, as she’d bought them at a local market, but they had stretched. JJ and Tess cooked me dinner when we got in – wow, I’m so spoilt. JJ made her amazing guacamole. We watched inception. I just found it so hard to follow and Tess fell asleep half way through after all the drama from today.
It is a while since we have had the benefit of your musings herein. I trust you have managed to avoid the big five, especially the carnivorous ones, and continue to remain in the finest of fettle.
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