I am writing this from Sharjah, UAE. I have an overnight layover here before going to Kenya tomorrow, hopefully. Today we went to the house of justice to transfer the property rights of the new apartment to Zach and myself. We literally brought our bags because we had to go to the airport directly after. It was a quick and efficient process. We closed the deal with an hour left in Georgia!
We headed to the airport and five minutes before our flight I was called to the front desk. The Air Arabia attendee said I could not get on the flight since I did not have a visa to get into Kenya. I did not know I even needed a visa, I thought you could get it there. I started to scramble what to do. I quickly went online and filled out the visa application. It cost 200 dollars for an expedited visa.
Supposedly to get into Kenya as a US citizen you need to apply for a visa a week in advance. If you do it that way it's only 38 dollars… I applied for the visa and they let me on the flight to the UAE. I still have not received the visa yet so I am not sure if I will be able to get on the flight to Kenya tomorrow morning.
When I landed in the UAE for the first time I immediately noticed some things. Theres sand instead of grass on the sidewalks. It's pretty hot and the people were pushy at the restaurant and gas station we went to. Maybe I'm tired and cranky but it was not a good first impression.
After Africa I will come back and spend a couple days in Dubai to see how I like it. George, who sold us the apartment said Dubai is the place to make money. It's very foreigner friendly for investment and I'm curious about the opportunity there. Headed to bed now because I have to wake up pretty early.
