John's first flight!

Oh what a day to remember.  The flight was at 6:40am.  John had to leave the house at 3:00am to pick Joe at the guest house and head to the airport.  Needless to say with the excitement and anticipation, John didn’t sleep that night.

I woke up to see John off, kissed him on the cheek and said, “Have a good flight dear.”  That totally made John’s day =). 
 

3:00am Taxi pick up. 

 

I had always hoped to be the one to share that experience with John.  I had naughty plans of scaring him at take-off and landing so maybe it was God’s mercy that I wasn’t able to fly with them. =)  Joe was much nicer and documented the entire trip. 

 

Grabbing a cup of early morning coffee at Java House before the flight


 

Getting his boarding pass.  "They called me Sir." - John recalls with excitement


 

Walking to the plane

 

 

Boarding: "Goodbye Nairobi."

 

 

Tell your wife how excited you are =)

 

 

He knows where his exits are =)

 

 

 

The anticipation!

 

 

 

  

Take off part one:

 

 

Take off part two:

 

 

Continental breakfast.  Because it was his first flight they gave him 5 extra bags of peanuts and an extra yogurt =).  Plus he got to keep the magazines in the pocket in front of him.  These as well as napkins with "Kenya Airways" printed on them plus the unused barf bag are among John's prized souvenirs. Haha

 

 

 

 

 

In the air over Lake Victoria

 

 

Touch down. Never been so relieved to be back on the ground.

 

Proud to display his unused barf bag =)

 

 

At the Kisumu airport. John's first flight:  a success!!

 

 

 Click Here to continue reading about Joe and John's time in Kakamega before heading back to Nairobi that evening.