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My visit to Kibera Slum

Kibera is the largest slum in Nairobi, and the second largest urban slum in Africa .   And I went in. I have Kenyan friends who have never seen the gates of Kibera. I had Ugandan friends who had never been to Northern Uganda. Both groups gripped with rumours of conflict/crime/war/disease...I dont know, whatever negative media splash and horror stories they chose to indulge in. But I figured why be in a particular country and not get the true experience of what its like to be an average person there? (That and I just like things) (And I needed a new blogpost) So I went in. It all began when my extremely cheerful and helpful fruit-guy from Kenyatta Market was so extremely cheerful and helpful that I had a very long conversation with him. (He had also given me an extra onion a week ago.) (I'm really trying to avoid the parentheses....but I can't help it. Most of my life is about side-notes) ANYWAY, so we got a-talking and he mentioned that he could show me around Kibera