Anticipation, travel and Nairobi
The tension and anxiety that I always feel as a trip approaches escalated before our trip to Africa. My apprehension about... which safari company and which specific safari... and which other destinations to include after our safari... was likely aggravated by fears about terrorism. The terrorist attack on the mall in Nairobi had occurred after we bought our plane tickets to Nairobi. Hamilton and I talked seriously about abandoning this Africa trip that we had wanted for years to undertake. I struggled with a sense of panic and disaster, such that I had to eliminate coffee from my diet
