Water Lovers Diani

... pharmacist, and midwife if needed. Patients come in and walk there as far as 3 hours away to come. They are mostly mothers bringing in their children but we often see adults as well. The routine is this: take a history of the symptoms ( we have a translator), perform an assessment, diagnose the patient, prescribe the medicine (yes, we are prescribing!), dispensing the medicine and then teaching. It is so much work but is ...

... So it's an adventure. The next stop is just for the washroom. I took one look and knew it was not going to happen, so I decided to wait. I listened to music while traveling. It's weird to drive through the country listening to Dave Mathews or Flo-Riders - and yes my friends, even a little New Kids on the Block. I'm glad I didn't sleep this time because I actually got to see the Great Rift Valley which was really cool. I also got excited when we crossed the equator. Didn't see ...

... We all had a go at climbing the tree but found it really difficult - especially getting down! The wine itself tasted horrible, but it is very alcoholic so you wouldn't have to drink much of it to get drunk. After the coconut wine, we went to visit the local bush doctor. Before we were allowed to see him we had to take off our shoes as a sign of respect, and were dressed up in bits of red, black and white material - almost like a toga, but also with a strip ...

... drained, excess water is sponged off and the paper is left to dry. At first making the paper was quite fun, but towards the end of the afternoon it was incredibly boring. Tuesday was spent doing the same thing - working in the tree nursery in the morning, and then the dung paper factory in the afternoon. Although slightly more exciting - we got to paint front covers on to notebooks for them to be sold. On Thursday we woke up at 5:40 to go on an early morning game drive ...

... program, and my class was on food security and conflict. As I have mentioned before, Kenya is in a huge drought this year and there are huge concerns about food security, especially in this area, this year. People from the surrounding communities of this park are already feeling the effects from the harsh arid land...as well pastoralists from all over are making moves to come make the most of the land. The biggest groups of people are Kenyan-Somalis from the North ...

... an interesting experience seeing the standard of how they live. We were once again entertained with traditional dancing performed by the men and involved mainly jumping. Supposedly the higher the man jumps the more attractive he is to the opposite sex. Lets just say we didn't find it very appealing! The night in the campsite was interesting - for one it had no electricity and decided to poor down in rain all night. We were ...

Hey everyone, well it's the second day blogging in town. I am learning how to live in a mud hut, shower with a bucket and a pitcher, do laundry outside and hoping the local cow with not eat your shirt :) . Honesty, the farm is beautiful! There is a cute puppy on the farm, we named him Brian and he follows us around the farm, which is really cute. However, I've learned to be a real adventurer in Kenya. In order to blog, I have to hitchhike on a ...

... uns herum! Der Vorteil von Amboseli ist ganz klar das offene Grasland, das fast komplett frei von irgendwelchem Gebuesch ist, und damit tolle Aussichten vor allem fuer Leute mit Fernglaesern parat haelt. Noch war die Spitze des Kilimanjaro von Wolken verdeckt, doch das aenderte sich noch im Laufe des Abends. An der Ol Tukai Lodge - laut meinem Lonely Planet die luxurioeseste im Park (man goennt sich ja sonst nichts!) - angekommen, wurde es dann noch besser: Die gesamte ...

... IM FERNSEHEN anzuschauen. Die Reiseausgaben ueb**nimmt natu**lich d** Steu**zahl**. - Um zum Schluss die **sten beiden Punkte zu v**binden, noch ein letzt** Skandal: Vor ein paar Monaten hat die kenianische Regi**ung grosse Teile d** staatlichen Maisres**ven teu** an Hilfsorganisationen in Darfur v**kauft, weil sie in ihnen willige und vor allem zahlungskraeftige Abnehm** fanden. Und das trotz d** todsich**en Aussicht, dass die Bevoelk**ung ohne Hilfe seitens d** Regi**ung ...

... grass verge also protected us more from the traffic, as the path ran along a hedgerow, and in parts we were walking through a field as opposed to the gravel on the road. Ironically I felt safer. We were laughing and singing songs together as we walked, reminiscing about the Children's Christmas party at Usa River, and wondering where we would be for our Christmas.... Then the bushes moved. I didn't think anything of it as 3 men appeared; Kirsty jumped, and exclaimed "oh ...