House of Waine Nairobi

... as their placements finish as they return home, getting sick of the Nairobi traffic, hustle and bustle and unpredictable insecurity, visiting a slum and realising that I live in a completely different world and realising the injustice of it all, disappointments when you set your expectations too high, missing Christmas and birthdays with family, feeling sick and trying to work out if its your body or your head. <br><br>I&#8217;ve learnt practical ...

... should have only taken less than 5 minutes would take us at least 20. It finally worked out though, and at 12:30 we headed home for lunch. I ate left over Kenyan spagetti from the night before... did not satisfy my hunger whatsoever. After lunch we did some long overdue laundry. By hand. Which sucks. I have the feeling that my clothes are either a) still dirty (since they do not smell clean), or b) still full of soap. I think ...

... drought as well, good for Kenyan farmers. Chris is still waiting for parts for the new truck as some parts were broken on the drive from Arusha (the muffler fell off and is somewhere between Arusha and here).<br><br>16th - Hung around the campsite all day.<br><br>17th - Went into Karen and spent some time looking for jobs on the internet afterwards.<br><br>18th - Writing up journal and hanging around the campsite. We are supposed to be leaving ...

Hellooooo!<br><br>A lot has happened in the last few days since I wrote; I appologize for the lack of details in my last entry, I was kind of rushed... as I am now, so I will try to do my best!<br><br>So after leaving the mall we were at (Nakumatt Junction) a few days ago, we took a communal taxi back to Lenana with Kilonzi. These communal taxis, or "matatus" are hilarious. So basically it is a van and it fits a MINIMUM of 14 ppl.. with about only 8 ...

... advantage of having internet access and went to the supermarket to get some supplies. That evening we had to say goodbye to Sylvia and Wilco as we were planning to leave early the next morning. We wished them luck on their travels (they are just finished the first section of a year and a half of travel and are going to India next- rather them than me!). It was really sad to say goodbye because we had spent the most time with them. We had an early night because we knew the next day would be epic.

... that once the east africa section of the trip was finished we would never ever ever ever do group travel again. We have no firm dates or plans and just planb to travel around on local transport, buses and trains and go where we want, stay as long as want, see what we want and basically get bacxk to traveling independently. After that, we have no real idea of what to do or were to go. Maybe some skiing in Bulgaria, or head to Greece, or back ...

... many colorful birds, and wildebeest as far as the eye can see. This is the beginning of the great wildebeest migration up from the Serengeti. They stay in Mara for the winter, and then travel back down. John, our guide, told us there are probably over 2 million wildebeests that are in Mara at this time. I would believe it! The lines went on as forever (yes, they walked in a line even though it is an open area), and the grassy hillsides were ...

... every day<br>- Personal drivers <br>- Friendly, cooperative staff<br>- Teaching Alex and Mary (driver and HG colleague) "animal, vegetable and mineral" during a long car journey <br>- Working on projects I felt I was making a difference with <br>- Flexibility with project choice and a free rein to mould the project as I envisioned<br>- Getting to borrow a laptop to entertain me during the evenings <br>- Seeing tenderstem ...

... has been saving it the whole time. Poor girl. Later during our stay in Kenya we travelled to her original placement in Jikaze, and there is not much there. The IDP (internally displaced persons) camp is in a wide open area where not much grows except a sea of brown wilted grass. It is a 2 hour matatu ride from Nairobi and to get to the shops from Jikaze it is about a half an hour's ride to the closest town called Mai ...

... records<br>of seedlings planted.[35]<br>This all from Wikipedia ~ Wangari is an amazing woman who I saw speak in Sacramento when I first took my job w/ SCI. I was so impressed, and we are thrilled to have her as an advocate in Kenya. <br>