Ngara Youth Hostel Nairobi

... is today covered in them and they are nasty, big, itchy ones. We have been taking out anti-malarials on the whole trip though and will just have to hope that the mozzy that got her was not carrying the disease.

Tomorrow is our last day in Nairobi and so we unfortunately have to check out of this lovely place. We’re unsure what to do but we might just laze around in the sun a bit and make the most of it while we can – we’re expecting London to be cold!!

... on a set of gates with the letters JJ.. i said that has got to be it and it was.. as it turns our this place is not an official tourist thing thus it is unable to sign post the way.. as it turns out it is the Meca for overland motorbikers there is a work shop and 2 mechanics on duty, nice one. Anyway we can camp here and organise our Sudan and Ethiopia Visa's whist ...

... Or just lounge around in our room. We may kill some time tomorrow by going to the Monday Movie Madness again... Michael Jackson's This Is It is playing.. could be entertaining....

I hope all is well in Canada!!! Today has actually been super nice out, which is a welcomed change from the rain we have been experiencing! But it is better than snow.... suckers!! haha

Miss and love you all!!

Kwaherini! (bye!)

... we
had a great 2 weeks with Marie (Nicks ma) who fitted in perfectly with
the India vibe - quite a feat considering she was only there for 2
weeks and given the craziness that is India.....but after her constant
comments of "isn't it amazing lads!" or "that is GAS!" in her irish
accent we knew she was having a good time and we didn't need to worry
about her. We took her to some of the places we had already been to
including a place by the sea called ...

... example and explained that for a poor man to get a job pumping gas, he must first pay the owner of the gas bar a certain amount as a bribe. If the amount is enough, he will get hired, however, the amount he will get paid over the next year or two will not be enough to cover what he had to pay to get his job in the first place. Of course, this information is purely from our guide, we have no other sources to back this up, but after already being in ...

... on a sword and carved at your table, so it was still quite a novelty.

The town's reputation - it's nicknamed 'Nairobbery' - meant that we didn't rush to explore, but our exhaustion meant that the couple of spare hours we had were realistically always going to be spent in the shower and collapsed on the bed.

I

... as our flight to Kenya was early Monday morning!). In the lounge I snoozed on a chair and we boarded our flight. We arrived in London about 12, midday and it was drizzling. We had 21 hours to kill before our flight tomorrow at 9.05am. We briefly thought about getting an airport hotel room but they started at 89 pounds and we thought nah we'll head into London and look around and return to the airport and sleep on a chair overnight. So off we went on the tube to London and ...

... to make a difference in the world, and I will try my best to make that a lifestyle, not a one time occasion. My favorite part- walking in the shoes of a culture and lifestyle different from my own. Some things seem so trivial after seeing the challenges some people face on a daily basis. I am reminding each one of you to value your friends and family, and be ...

Hi friends! The girls and I are back at home in Nairobi after a fantastic weekend safari at Masai Mara! Our 10-seater van only had one other passenger in it, a young Canadian guy named Fenton. Apparently he had signed up for "luxury camping" whereas we had signed up for the regular (read: cheap) camping. Since there was only one of him, I guess they decided to stick us all in the luxury camp together. So when we arrived at our camping site just outside the ...

... Or at least I did... I think Oliver was slightly too hungover to enjoy anything. Plus he had to wake up for cook group duty which is never pleasurable. Then Jamie, Oliver and I caught a taxi to Karen shopping centre for a spot of internet and shopping. It was the mall Mango was at so I was beyond excited until I caught sight of the clothes and all excitement was lost. I now know where all the rejects get sent to. Shame. Internet was okay ...