Akon

Finally, Akon came to Nairobi!!! I was ridiculously excited. My friend Kelly and I both share a lifelong, well, ambition really, to dress as bumble bees, so we thought that this was the perfect opportunity to achieve the dream. We rather excitedly bumbled up, but decided to leave our wings at home for fear that they would be crushed.

Sadly, as we left the house, the heavens opened.....but when dressed as a bee it would take more than rain to ruin the mood! Walking into the festival grounds though and seeing everyone dressed as if they were going for a day at the races was a lil embarrassing! Some people even wore hats! Fortunately after a couple of minutes the requests for photos started coming in and we felt more relaxed and fun! There were a few questions as to why.....because Akon's favourite animal is a bee of course (hehehe)!! People seemed to buy it, especially as our wristbands were black and yellow striped-matched perfectly! I cannot say how many photos we were in.....we made a lot of new friends!

Due perhaps to the rain, and the fact that the tickets were open for two days so you could go on either, there weren't that many people there. I took this as a great opportunity to get right down to the front! Poor Kelly wasn't feeling up to standing in the rain, so we sadly separated. I got escorted over under a parasol with a security guard (I was still concerned about my hair at the point so begged for him to take me over!). I asked him to find me a tall (my antennae and heels made me pretty tall!), friendly companion with whom to share an umbrella! He succeeded! It was a bit strange being a solo bee, but as the minutes turned to hours (!!) waiting for the man himself I cared less as was just too excited! Akon did not disappoint! It was an amazing show, very energetic. The umbrellas came down almost immediately and we all got totally drenched but it didn't matter (Don't Matter) at all.

Thought this one captured the rain pretty well!

Akon did a lot of crowd surfing so I got to touch him! Very exciting! Was very pleased to see my fellow bee who had somehow pushed her way in and joined me about halfway through. Hanging out in the dry VIP area just wasn't as fun as being cold and wet and close to Akon!

Absolutely soaked at the end of the concert but very happy!