Two shots and and two thoughts

The first shot is of the car Lydia and I are driving here in Kenya. You can see a little damage done to the car by a matatu bus while taking a "short cut" through the Kawangare slum. My colleague Tim and I were headed out of the city with my friend Michael to go meet with a entrepreneur. Once we got deep into the slum a matatu stopped in front of me. All of a sudden he started backing up. Before I could do anything he had hit me.

After getting out of the car looking at the damage, looking at the matatu driver, and looking at all the people who were suddenly interested in what these white people were doing in their part of town, I decided it was best to just drive on and get out of there.

So the thought for this shot is - don't get so close to a matatu that you can't back out of his wreckless way in time.

This is a shot of Lydia finishing up a delicious meal in the dark. The power has been spotty lately and we've learned to do without. Tonight in mid-meal preperation the electricity cut out. Luckily, we had cooking gas and these handy headlamps.

Thought for this shot - do allow your older brother to pick out high quality headlamps for you, especially when he's buying!