Life without a car

Just to give you an idea of what it’s been like being pregnant without a car the past few months: 

Doing basic things like going grocery shopping is crazy.  I strap Anna onto my very pregnant self and walk to the stage where I get onto the back of either a bicycle or motorcycle taxi.  These are not exactly safe, especially pregnant, but are really my only options. I then hold my bags of groceries in between my legs on the way home riding one on of these taxies again.  By the time I get home I am exhausted. 

 

Here I have Anna strapped onto me with my handy dandy Ergo Baby and my purse/diaper bag ready to go shopping.  Behind me is the bicycle taxi.




 



Just getting onto the bicycle taxi requires some skill



 

Or there is always the motorcycle option




And off we go to do some grocery shopping

 

 

A local produce stand

 

At the local grocery store: Nakumat


 

Then, there is going out as a family.  Last week Anna got sick and we needed to take her to the doctors.  Without a car to take her to her normal Pediatrician in Kisumu we took her to the local clinic and prayed for good medical care.  This is what we looked like all on the motorcycle taxi.

 

 

We've seen these things carry three adults and two children!