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.

I took for granted being able to communicate in a language that was understood. Communicating efficiently is truly an unspoken superpower!