Megan's Guide to International Travel

I have compiled all that I know about international travel into a simple guide for all you naive, though adventurous, people out there.
KENYA

1. First it is important to plan your flight in the morning; however, you should stay away from the 3:00 a.m. airport arrivals because the shops are closed, you are tired, and the airport workers are horribly cranky and will yell at you even if you are only 17.
2. In Detroit there is a train in the airport. It is okay if you ride the train but it is crucial that you do not take pictures in the airport because a burly security guard will run up and demand that you erase the pictures from your camera in his presence and then will leave with a nasty look. I'm a 17 year old, 5'4" tall girl. What do they think I'm going to do, blow up the place?
3. On international flights it is very important to be pushy when selecting your seats. The plane might not be full, thus leaving a whole open row for one to stretch out on instead of the cramped seats. If you do not claim your row early, someone else will be there to snatch up the row and you will be left to a ride filled with twisting and turning with no hope for comfort or sleep.
4. This is going to sound ridiculous, but I swear that European segways are faster than American segways. Also, the Europeans drive fast and do not care if they run you over so watch where you are going in an airport and watch for those drunk segway drivers.
5. If you end up in the wonderful city of Amsterdam home of wooden shoes, windmills, and tulips, you will agree that the airport could fit three of Indianapolis' airports inside of it. It is very big. It is also necessary to understand that you must be specific with what you are looking for to the Dutch people because their directions are kind of like *cue Dutch accent* "See that sign all the way on the other end of the terminal? Turn at that sign and follow the bend of the stores, then go up the stairs, and you will find the drug store." However it is important to understand that after three people and two hours of walking, we were fifty feet away from the drug store the first time but the words were in Dutch. Be specific and make sure that they understand what you are looking for.
6. The drug store mention reminds me that it is important to bring motion sickness medicine with you on your journey, even if you normally do not get motion sickness. Otherwise, your sister breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, and drinks may land on your lap and all over her lap too. Now because I know how much you all like icing, the icing on the cake is that our gate was not ready for us and we had to wait on the plane for another hours with a load of nastiness on your clothes.
7. Finally you are able to get ready to board your plane to Kenya from Amsterdam. However, the Dutch are a little wacky so each gate has their own two lanes of security lanes: one with a x-ray belt and an ultrasound circly thing that you step into and one with a x-ray belt and a metal detecter thing you walk through. I would highly suggest that you progress through the lane with the metal detector because the ultrasound machine has a frisk-happy TSA officer.
8. If your destination happens to be exotic Kenya, you will realize that airport security is very tight because terrorists in Africa are a very real threat so just be patient, speak only when spoken to, and sit only when told to sit. Just trust me.
9. The people of Kenya are actually very nice and cordial. They really are proud of their country and really want you to have a good time. When riding in a taxi though, you might be terrified by the way the speedometer say 105, they mean kilometers, or by zooming past cars on what seems to you is the wrong side of the street, or even by going 20 km over the speed limit. Don't be. They are professional taxi drivers and drive like this everyday and you will come out unharmed, at least I did.
10. Finally, at least for now, I caution you to avoid traveling with multi-millionaires whenever possible. Lets just say it wasn't much of a family vaccation or a visit to good friends anymore when ithers demanded your dad's attention.

Now remember that these 10 points are only the things that you should watch out for when traveling internationally or more specifically to Kenya and that you will have hundred of more good points from your trip.
Hakuna Matata=D