Bear Grylls Got Lucky...

So my bush adventures with Porter in the Mara had to be delayed, so Bear's job is safe for now. Porter got hit by a truck. He's ok, so I feel that telling the story in a light-hearted manner is ok, although at the time it was absolutely terrifying. In order to get to Porter's site we had to go through Narok, where Megan lives. We got off the bus, collected our bags, and walked about 20 yards when a massive truck sped past us. Porter has a big army-style ruck sack that he had hooked through one of his arms, and the truck slammed into it and tossed him into a parked car. As I mentioned, being 5 feet away from this and seeing him get hit was scary, and the fact that the truck didn't even slow down was infuriating. On the plus side, Porter has a promising future in figure skating, because when that truck hit him he did a pretty solid triple lutz (I googled figure skating moves, and this was the most appropriate), followed by a ninja roll of sorts. Porter's ego is also fine, as he feels like a stud for being hit by a truck and being more or less ok. I make sure and remind him that his bag is what is awesome, as it is perfectly fine while i've had to listen to him whine about soreness for the past two days. In all seriousness, he's really lucky to walk away with just some cuts and whiplash. He's also aware of how bad that could have been, as evidenced by his quote 10 minutes after the incident: "Getting hit by a truck wasn't as awesome as I thought it would be."

So, now we're in Nairobi because Porter is here for medical and since I have to be here for my VAC meeting on Wednesday it doesn't make sense for me to go all the way back to my site, so i'll be hanging out here til then. I'll actually be able to get some work done while i'm here because I can go to the PC Office and start knocking out some grant proposals for my projects (i'll post about details of my projects and stuff in the next couple of weeks once I get it all worked out). Anyways, that's all for now. Stay out of trouble and watch out for rogue trucks that want to assassinate aid workers.