Kickin it at the DoD

Yea, you guessed right...DoD really does stand for Department of Defence. And thanks to that kenyan socialness we happened upon a connection there, which meant we could go....SHOPPING! shopping at the DoD you say? what the hell were you buying there? now dont get too excited, unlike in Congo, Kenya is a relatively arms free society (though unfortuntaely this is becomming more of an issue as Somalian refugees find their way across the borders and are in need of money) and as such that missile laucnher i've always dreamed of still isnt mine. However, you can buy such things as alcohol, bananas, electronics and appliances. Pehninah wanted a refrigerator which can be bought for a very good price there(hers is one of the only families that has one and it has been broken for quite some time now) and she had offered loan it to us for providing the transportation for it with our vehicle and 30$. Good deal. The only thing is we werent allowed inside the compound...boohiss. So we had to place our orders with Eddie and his solomn looking soldier friend and hope for the best. The best turned out to be an almost full size refridgerator, some milk, a coat for Pehninah's husband, two bottles of port (apparently this is the kenyan preferance to wine--ugh), a bottle of lemon cream liquor, and some cheap ass brandy. What we had asked for was two bottles of wine, and a couple cases of beer. Hmmmmm. But it was still pretty neat to buy stuff from the military.