Palacina Residence & Suites Nairobi

... to the office to play with the kids and help them with their homework. When we got there Kilonzi wanted to introduce us to his friend Lilian, an 18 year old IDP (Internally Displaced Person) who is now living in Lenana with her brother and her parents. Lilian's story is heartbreaking. One of the saddest we have heard yet. Her and her family lived in a rural area in what sounded like a nice house. One Sunday when they were all at church, rebels from another tribe came into their ...

... BJC we met up with John and Gladys from VICDA to do a quick check up with them, and then we headed home for lunch. And now here I am, at Junction, my home away from home. Tomorrow we are doing a program called "Feed the Children" with a lady from the community. I think we do exactly just that... feed the children. I will post more pics later!<br><br>Thinking of you all eating your delicious American food with electricity! <br>Love Britt :)<br><br> <br>

... before leaving. I had been devastated and had tried to figure out a way around it when Joe had offered of his own accord; I was so grateful and Gabe and I thanked him profusely, deciding if an opportunity to send it somehow arose we would let them off the hook. <br><br>But, now the post office in Tanzania was closed and on the Kenyan side they would not accept credit card or American dollars. When I walked back to the truck Joe ...

... wild. A main breeding herd is maintained and when the young are old enough they are selected to be rehabilitated into the wild. For more information: http://www.giraffecenter.org/<br><br>TI P: Nairobi's International Airport has plenty of shops - books, souvenier, duty free but not too many food shops. You can easily amuse your time but have a good feed before heading to the airport, especially if you're a veggie.

... He asked me when my tour was and I said in 2 days, then as he was filling out my new vaccination card, he said that I have to wait 10 days after the shot to do anything. 10 days I thought? The tour might not be going to a bad area until after but I wasn't sure. ****! The lady who gave me the shot poked her head in and overheard everything and suggested I buy him a "soda." A soda I thought? I'll buy whatever you want as long as you give me the ...

... areas of the national Parks. On advice from one company we were &#8220;escorted&#8221; out to the outlying Karen camp (Karen is a suburb named after Karen Blixen of Out of Africa fame of the 1920s to 1940s) to meet a guy who advised us on the overland truck trips and who to check out on line (derr.... we knew many were full and it was disappointing that the internet had cornered markets). Still it was good to take a taxi out of Nairobi to get the lay of the land and see ...

... every pair of earrings in the whole market. <br><br>Sunday was spent making chapati(it's like a tortilla only better!) and packing, playing cards with the boys, and meeting the extended family. Our car came and we were off to the airport for our plane home!<br><br>It was surreal heading to the airport, I couldn't believe that it was over. It felt like a million years had passed and it felt like it was yesterday. I was so excited to get home ...

I forgot to mention that I met my childhood next-door neighbor for dinner in Nairobi on the 1st! Kirsten and I haven't had a chance to catch up in years! Our parents still live next to each other, but she lives in Minnesota so it was great to chat! How ironic that we both traveled halfway around the world to the same city before we got a chance to see each other! To her parents (if you are reading), she is doing wonderful and is having a good time! : )<br>

... later that the Lakers won. Anyways we only spent a few days there just to fill out more Peace Corps documents. We were not allowed to leave the compound because we are treated like we are five. On the last night I was able to venture around the compound and within the viscinity there was also a small living community. I managed to find some youth playing basketball and asked if I could play. I will ...