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Kakamega
Travel Blogs from Kakamega, Kenya
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Tapdancing rats
This is a top pick! ... to confiscate the frozen peas or else I eat them before they get to the microwave. These peas were no petit-pois though. Got to Kakamega in the afternoon. It's got a run-down sort of air, but it's nice enough. Found a hostel, ordered dinner [Stef's ...
Butterflies and 'that bucket'
This is a top pick! ... enjoyable day, only dampened slightly by the matutu ride home. Due to the park road being part the way along the Kitale-Kakamega road, flagging down a matutu with space for 2 was difficult. Matutus only leave when full. We managed it, Stef on the back ...
chapati and children for christmas
... each and every interesting sight along the way, from a vibrant green grasshopper to a pile of rotting garbage adjacent to the kakamega town open-air market, still very much alive and buzzing even on christmas day. we carefully weaved our way, ...
Our House, and Some Freaky Stuff
Ok everybody, had to spend an extra night in town last weekend due to the fact that i was glued to the toilet. Fun, fun, fun. Went back on monday, continued building, the walls are up to the top of the windows now. The roof will be started this coming ...
work and work. and protozoa.
... about a very interesting sewing project that she's organizing at her host organization. we were meeting at my favorite restaurant, kakamega dishes, a grimy little hole in the wall, evidently simply an extension of someone's house, where you can get ...
caps, kids, rats
... gate. that's what this week has been like. peter and i are working to further develop FSD's programs here in kakamega, scouting new host organizations in the area and gathering information. as we do so, i'm compiling documents that describe each ...
Endings
Shouldn't have missed a week, can't remember what has been going on. Losing track of time, don't think about how long I have been here or how long to go, I am just here. Monday went to a clinic to have a look around. Dr ended up writing up scripts ...
a dive, a scam, a scene
... some peace corps volunteers who were doing deaf education around here, but they told me the place was in lurambe, not kakamega. we passed another large, unaesthetically squatty structure. LURAMBE PRIMARY SCHOOL. aaargh. not only were we out of kakamega, ...
Sun owies
Hey everybody, Running around with a big Kenyan style grin from ear to ear. Have had a fantastic first week. Stayed in Kisumu for a few days when we first got here, then caught a matatu to Ugunja village, 2 hours away, and across the equator. Set up ...
something wonderful, something disgusting
... socks, most without matches and having various degrees of cleanliness, at the mama watoto (lit. "mother children") supermarket in kakamega town. an enthusiastic young employee kneeled beside me, picking through the bin in a pressing attempt at assistance. ...
jerome, bacteria, and machine guns
... this formidable task. i awoke at 4:30 soaked in sweat. weird times. so this morning we left particularly early for kakamega (i wrote most of this blog during the week, on my laptop in bed at night), armed in our gumboots (galoshes, for ...
Kakamega forest
Het was een lange rit van Lake Nakuru naar Kakamega forest, we deden er 8 uur over. Onderweg in El Doret gestopt om te lunchen. De beste atleten ter wereld (lange duur loop) komen uit El Doret, dat je het even weet. In El Doret heeft Julie, mijn zus, een ...
First week in Shikunga
It's been an exciting week in Shikunga this week. We arrived Sunday late in the day after buying meds in Kakamega for the first camp, dumped our bags and made the quick walk to the new clinic. We'd heard rumours that the new clinic was slightly larger ...
a gym, a slum, a beating
... i cast a glance around the small, dank room, the window at the far end overlooking the flat, brownish tops of kakamega's cluster of downtown buildings from a rare 4th-story view. the sight of that tarnished, crumbling town scattered haphazardly ...
My Week With Madungu Primary School
... there clicking her fingers trying to get my attention! We had a big meeting int he late afternoon to decide on the path of the Kenya Project from now. Its not really any of my business any more but I sat in and contributed where I could. A lot of ...
How To Kakamega (and no - it's not a new dance)
... Aaron and I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to get off the beaten track and visit one of Kenya's lesser-known (and cheaper) parks – Kakamega Forest Reserve. However, Aaron and I were soon to learn why people don’t visit ...
I eat Bananas!
Hey Every one! If you didn't know this before i have not really had a banana since i was about 6, and now i eat bananas- they have a lot more flavor than most of the food. So i have started eating them and i LIKE them!!! Any way i have no new ...
websites to view
Here are some websites to view if you would like to see what i am doing. I will add some for places we go. 1. www.volunteerkenya.org : this is where I am staying 2. www.raftafrica.com : this is where we went ...
Habari?
I think that i have finally gotten every one on my e-mail list, but just in case ask around. I found a good internet cafe which is great because i will be able to e-mail more, it is fast and the electricity work all the time. The last time i wrote the ...
Kenya's National Test
Hello! This week we have had the national tests. Let me tell you it is NOTHING like what we do in the United States. There is no script and the students talk through the whole thing. The first thing the students did was make their own answer sheet, ...
A more reliable Matatu!
Well we had a lazy start, with us all up by about 9am, ok, i was up at 9 and everyone else already was!! Ronnie was organising our local taxi (known as a matatu). Our driver and conductor turned up, a right pair of characters, they were even helping us ...
10. Tag - "Bau dir eine Buecherei"
Der heutige Tag startete mal wieder puenktlich um 8 Uhr mit Fruehstueck. Treffpunkt zur Abfahrt zu unserer Partnerschule war eine dreiviertel Stunde spaeter angelegt. Der morgendliche Anblick war doch recht ernuechternd, da man in muede und verschlafene ...
9. Tag - Planung der Bibliothek
Unser Montagmorgen fing bereits gegen 8 Uhr an. Nach dem Fruehstueck fuhren wir zum Golfhotel, wo wir uns aufteilten. Ein Teil unserer Gruppe blieb im Golfhotel und relaxte am Pool, surfte im Internet oder ging in die Stadt, um ein paar Erledigungen zu ...
11.Tag - Rainforest, Waisenhaus, Partnerschule
... anfing zu regnen, was ein Zeichen für Segen ist, war unsere Partnerschaft endgültig besiegelt. Um unseren Aufenthalt in Kakamega gebührend abzuschließen ließen wir uns ein Dinner beim Bishop schmecken und fielen, nachdem einige im Dunkeln duschen ...
8. Tag - Kakamega Messe
... “Pastoral Center” aufgebrochen um eine Messe von Bishop Sulumeti, dem Begründer unserer Partnerschule, in Kakamega zu besuchen. Dort angekommen wurden wir aufs herzlichste von zahlreichen Messdienern empfangen und in das neue Kirchengebäude ...
7. Tag - Ankunft Kakamega
... wir alle gutes Essen bekamen. Nach dem Essen trennte sich die Gruppe in drei Teile: ein paar blieben am Pool im GH, andere gingen nach Kakamega zum Shopping und der Rest führ zurück zum PC. Nach einem ruhigen Tag gab es im PC Dinner. Hier werden wir die ...
Snakes!
... morning was to be a 5:30 a.m. start, so I will begin there... (See previous entries). ----------------- We have arrived at Kakamega Forest camp where we are staying in Bandas which are traditional African huts. The unfortunate part is that the toilets ...
Trying to post videos...
I have some great videos that I will try to post... At every school, they sang and danced for us. This is St. Mary's Shikoti. A great day!! I have two more videos that I will try to post later. Picking up the guys ...
Friday July 1st - CES Canada Day Race
... on Thursday, walked the course and met with the head of Athletics at the university. (MMUST) Gilbert arrived here in Kakamega, and stayed with us on our living room couch. Everything was set; but I still didn't sleep too well that night. ...
Faces of Western Kenya
Hello again folks! John here. I don't want to say much, but I do want to share a number of photos with you. Hopefully, you will appreciate what I have come to understand in my short time in this part of the world: these are beautiful people over ...
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