We arrived at Heathrow at around 7.30am Saturday. We were slightly thrown by a new check-in system which is supposed to speed up the process but resulted us queuing for over an hour and a half...and checking in twice (only because one of the attendants told us that we had to go to section A after our initial check-in, when actually we only had to drop our bags off). Anyway, following a 30min "fast-track" through security, and a 15min walk to the gate, we finally boarded...and then sat on the plane for over another hour until it took off. Anyway, the flight was fine, and we were met without any difficulties at Nairobi airport by Ros (one of the ladies who runs the orphanage we are working at). We are staying with a Kenyan lady called
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