LAICO Regency Hotel Nairobi

... with them for a special getaway with your significant other, they have it down pat. If you want to splurge and treat yourself to a truly special experience, this is the one to do.

this website has some shots of one of our rooms http://www.andbeyondafrica.com/luxury_s afari/tanzania/lake_manyara_national_pa rk/and_beyond_lake_manyara

its funny, because neither of us really has much ...

... remain stopped for about 10 minutes. Echalotte pipes up to say “tiens, this makes me think of when I flew to Beijing and we sat in the airplane for 5 hours while they figured out two technical problems and tried to take off twice and ended up having to go back home to catch the same flight the following day”. OK, IF it had been Nick next to me, he’d have known better. We NEVER use the “M” word when discussing travel plans to airports to catch ...

... I have a feeling that I will hear the term, "This is Africa" quite a bit when asked by me why something is. And I wouldn't have it anyother way.

Wait a few weeks into the trip and see if I'll be saying that after sleeping in tents for weeks, taking random cold showers, and hand-washing my clothes. Time will tell.....

9/17 First day in Nairobi

I woke up after 8 glorious hours of sleep and wondered what the hell I was going to ...

Gifts poured into my house before I left for Kenya this year. Sponsors selected school supplies, rain gear, bibles, shoes, soccer balls, photo albums of their families and so much more to send to their children across the seas. Many may never meet the child who's life they are uplifting from hopelessness to hope... but the relationships that develop between child and sponsor is very real.

Our tires spun, kicking dust ...

... put an awful lot in to the project.

I have very mixed feelings when I think about the Kenyan project. I think that despite my efforts the value I added in the three weeks I was in Samanga was minimal while what I took out of the project in terms of learning was much larger. I’d like to think that some of the ideas we left the groups with will be put into practice and some good will come of the microfinance scheme so a bit of progress is ...

... then spit out. I felt like a kid in a candy store eating as much as I possibly could. It was so sweet but I thought I was going to break my tooth off! After saying goodbyes we got in the car and opened the "Tip Top" (secret) letter Lilian wrote to Michelle. According to the letter and to Mr. Mugo, her dad, Mr. Mugo's brother, is constantly in jail and beats his children. Her father constantly argues with her mother, keeping her awake and constantly afraid, and refuses ...

... but on TV and to see it in real life was totally different. I didn’t end up seeing any lions, which I had hoped for but heard them roaring from about 1- 2 km’s away. It was still an amazing sensation none the less. I did see many ostriches, giraffes, zebras, elands, waterbucks, cape buffalo and the one rhino. Although I did go there to see the animals it was the spectacular views of the savannah with the city of Nairobi in the background that truly ...

... that the boy’s breathing was labored- thick with mucus and symptomatic of a respiratory infection. Unfortunately, Andrew had to leave to go to a meeting, but he encouraged the mother to not give up on her baby and told her about Jamii Bora; a microfinance company that helps people get back on their feet by loaning them money to start a business. He gave the mother free care for her son, and assured her he would pay for the enrollment fee for Jamii ...

... at the clinic, and lo, there was! We were so excited! We followed Beatrice into the 5 x 10 L&D room to find a small woman very far along in her labor. She was already at 8 cm. I got to feel the position of the head and top of the placenta. She advanced very quickly and within 20 min she was ready to push. I had been massaging her back and legs right before she started to push. Let me paint the picture. The ceiling is maybe 8 ft, the only light ...

... R&B and Hip Hop music videos and songs…like a dance club on wheels. Kui said that the music and videos started as sort of a joke but became so popular that most of the Matatus now have them. For the most “pimped out” ones, that have the latest music & video monitors behind every seat, people will wait for an hour to ride in one. After being in Asia where we rarely heard music we could move or dance to this was a familiar treat that we ...