After four years in this city, I can tell you the real rules for surviving Nairobi aren't in the travel guides. They’re learned in traffic, through the unspoken codes of relationships, and in the art of nodding earnestly through a Swahili conversation you only half-understand. This is the post I wish I could send back to my 2021 self- the unofficial survival guide to the 20 hilarious truths I learned the hard way.

It's been about 15 weeks since I moved to a new city and donned on a white coat with Orthopaedic Surgery written right next to my name...