Today was a long and wild day. Zach and I woke up at 4:00 AM to catch an 8 AM train in Mombasa. The shuttle was an hour late to pick us up from our hostel in Diani so we decided to uber the 1.5 hour drive there. It was still pretty cheap. At the train station we passed through security but Zach's bag got stopped. The security guard opened his backpack and saw an empty bullet shell. The security guard called his boss and Zach had to explain the situation. He got the bullet shell from Israel as a souvenir and left it in his bag. We have travelled through 4 different countries and no security system has caught it. It is crazy that the train station of Kenya was the first to find it. After explaining his story the Boss of the trains station did not buy it one bit. He thought Zach was sent from the US or Israel to test the Kenyan security systems and write a report on it. He was super paranoid. He did not believe the bullet travelled through 4 different countries undetected, which is a reasonable thought. I do not know how it got through undetected either. Zach and I were taken to a holding room in the train station for interrogation. They took our passports and train tickets. Zach explained the story over and over and the station chief refused to believe it. He said that Zach was intentionally trying to confuse and trick him. At one point Zach and I laughed at the craziness of the situation and the train boss accused us of conspiring a plan to escape. He was really paranoid. After 1.5 hours the boss told me I could leave since the bullet was not in my possession. I asked Zach if it was okay I take the train to catch the flight to Rwanda and he said yes. I wished him good luck and hoped it would all breeze over quickly. The 6 hour train sucked. I was so tired and it was so hot and sweaty. I sat next to a 7 person Muslim family with kids kicking and screaming which did not enhance the experience. After the train I smoothly made it to the airport. I took one of the best showers of my life in the lounge, my first hot shower maybe all trip. The flight to Kigali was smooth and fast. Upon landing I was already blown away. The friendliness and beauty of the city sticks out. There was nobody at the airport haggling me for a taxi or trying to sell me shit. The weather was phenomenal, cool and crisp. The hills throughout the city are stunning. I did not see a single piece of trash on the street. It really could be the cleanest city I have ever seen. I am so tired right now so I am going to head to sleep. I am really excited to explore Kigali tomorrow and hope Zach gets out of the Kenyan holding cell as soon as possible.
