The safest street in Nairobi

According to the sign the safest street in Nairobi is Bishop's Road. I'm assuming it's the safest street in Nairobi because of the 24/7 'friendly' checkpoints along it. The check points consist of two armed guards who open your trunk look in your car and then, with their guns, wave you through the maze of nail beds and road blocks that force you to slow down to 10 km/hr. The guards don't smile, don't say please and are in no way companionable so I'm not sure what exactly about these checkpoints makes them so friendly. My taxi driver informs me that the street is poorly named. The 'friendly checkpoints' exist because across the street from our hotel is the Israeli Embassy. So really they're not that friendly at all, and with what is apparently a serious terrorist target on it i am clearly NOT on the safest street in Nairobi.

Nairobi is an interesting place. It is much cooler than Dar, and more developed. The lights stay on all the time, the roads are paved, the cars are new. But no one walks around outside. People are still friendly but even the shopping mall we go to has armed guards wandering around inside. Rebecca went to the Hilton downtown while I was in the hospital and they checked the car for bombs before letting her in. Security is a serious issue.

I returned to Dar late last night, and am waiting to see the doctor's will consider me safe to remain or if I have to return to Canada to recover. Here's hoping they let me stay!