Meridian Court Hotel Nairobi

... students and teachers who are thirsty for knowledge, skills and information, because there is no NHS or SLT service here. So to those of you who encouraged me before I was thinking of VSO, while I was applying, fundraising, and supported me before I left I (financially, physically, emotionally), for sending out cards, letters, parcels, or even catching up on facebook, emails or msn, to family, friends and work colleagues, to my new friends and ...

... and waited for it to start. Frigging Kenyan time. I am getting sick of it! haha The meeting was supposed to start at 10, and did not get going until noon-ish. When the meeting did finally start, I began to experience the most intense boredom. Not only was the discussion dry material, it was in mostly Swahili.. a language that I only really understand words taken directly out of the Lion King (hakuna matata, rafiki (means friend), simba (means lion ...

... As I said, &#8220;Patrick, I think we&#8217;re doing this just so you could show that off? Am I right?&#8221;. He laughed. Person lovely number 1 of the so many we&#8217;ve met along the way and we&#8217;re only on day 2. More on that later.<br><br><br>Back at Jomo Kenyatta we zipped through immigration, I explained why Marula liquor&#8217;s mascot is the Elephant to Arnaud and, as per the year before, the taps at Jomo Kenyatta spurted no water. We head to our gate (having ...

... which was decent. We learnt about Kenyan culture, language, etc, and ate lunch at an amazing Chinese restaurant. After getting back to Margarets, we had another nap, ate dinner, and went to bed early. <br> Today was second day of orientation. We started off by going to the Nairobi animal orphanage, where we got to pet cheetas and hold baby cheetas. I have some good pictures! A monkey ate off my head too! Steph you would be jel! After we drove into ...

2nd - Drove to the border town of Malaba and picked Jess up - she went away for a day/night with some local Jewish people.<br><br>Stopped briefly in Eldoret before continuing on to Nakuru, 13 hours or so on the truck today. We are staying at Kembu Campsite near Njoro. Tomorrow we are going into Nakuru National Park.<br><br>Dist cov. = km<br><br>3rd - Spending the day at Lake Nakuru National Park. The park is one of the best places in ...

... airport. I got the puzzled look and didn't really expect anything less. Oh well! I remember when I booked the hotel from their webiste at how the pictures of the place looked really incredible(of course). Judging from the pictures, it would of been a 5-star hotel but upon walking in the lobby and hotel room, rating it a 3-star would be generous. I love how they do that! It's kind of funny. I came here for Africa and not the 5-star room so I wasn't ...

... way I got my first flat tyre in Africa! Typical! Amusingly the jack that the driver had was actually too big to fit under the matatu so I had to find a large rock to prop it up!! Finally we were reunited with Peeky and drove the last couple of hours back to Nairobi. I'd like to say a big thanks to Kristen, Marc &amp; Joash, our crew, for all they did that day.<br><br>Our penultimate day was spent ...

... trip to Covent Garden I was looking for the hoodies they had there last time but now all they had were Summer clothes no hoodies so no luck on a cheap souvenir hoody to keep us warm tonight. As best we could we tried to sleep. Wayne crashed fairly quickly with his eyeshades on (courtesy BA flight we had to Cairo and in his daypack along with socks) and he was exhausted with little to no sleep the last 2 nights. I on the other hand tossed all night startled at every pass ...

... you have what you do. Also, I think it would do us good to remember that there are so many who are less fortunate than us, and we can help in many ways, starting with simply thinking of others throughout our days. I am reminded of one of my favorite quotes, "live simply so that others may simply live." Thanks again for your support! Have a good summer everyone! 

... park on Friday afternoon, we almost died of shock. Instead of regular little rented tents, we were staying in huge permanent tents with concrete floors and 2 big beds inside. At the back of each tent was a little bathroom, separated with a zippered wall. So we had our own personal toilet, and a shower with HOT RUNNING WATER. It was fantastic, especially since Kenya is in a drought right now and our host family only has running water on the weekends ...