Note for the folks at home: By "Touristy Parts", I mean the port city of Mombasa, some parts of the capitol Nairobi, and anywhere close to a game park (like the massive Maasai Mara). Tourism is undeniably one of Kenya's largest industries. In some areas, tourists greatly outnumber local people. A few consequences of this are immediately apparent: i) White people have a nation-wide reputation for being rich, often lost, and constantly in need of a ride somewhere. ii) Young children often assume foreigners have pockets full of candy, which they plan to distribute at the first half-English request. (I'm not sure how this one came about. I'm assuming some early tourist had the great idea of packing a few bags of Werther's Originals, to win the hearts of the local youth. Whatever this pioneer's reasoning was, I hate him for it and wish only harm to him and his lineage.) iii) "Guides" seem to be one of the most popular jobs across the nation, although how much training goes into the title is another question altogether.
