Blinkman987 posted:

Was just there a few months ago for about a week, and I've been to Africa before, though that was my first trip to that region. I had not visited Eastleigh as I had no need to and fun fact, it's currently on the US Dept of State "Don't travel there" list.

Overall, my impression of Nairobi is that it felt like a truly African city but also reasonably safe in the areas I stayed in, in contrast to Cape Town and Lagos respectively. I don't know what your travel experience is so I apologize in advance if any of this comes off as condescending. If you've traveled a decent amount to a variety of non-western countries, you'll find nothing out of the ordinary in terms of infrastructure. If you've only traveled to extremely (relatively) rich countries, you might have some adjusting to do and this could be a wonderful trip for you to see what another area of the world is like.