So in September 2008, I moved to Nairobi Kenya from Paris France to work. Talk about culture shock! But during one of the first weekends there, I met Matt, a cute military guy, and he invited me to hike a "small hill" with him and some friends. Small hill--HA!!! We drove an hour and half from Nairobi into the Great Rift Valley to Mount Longonot, near Lake Naivasha. It was very arid and brown and dusty, different from the lush green of Nairobi. We parked and I looked up at the extinct volcano ahead of us that we were going to ... (more)