We arrived in Nairobi in the late afternoon too late to transfer to the Massai Mara National Park. We relax in the Holiday Inn which is quite lovely although the food was poor in the restaurant. There was an East Indian restaurant across the street but we were warned not to walk the streets at night. In Nairobi the crime rate is nearly as bad as...

Arrived on Friday in Nairobi and tried to go and get my camera fixed (ended up costing 4000ksh/35 pounds - at least it works now) We went to the saturday tourist market and I bought many cheap earrings and a necklace - about 1 pound each. On Sunday most things are closed apart from restaurants. We went up to Westlands - a suburb of Nairobi as we...

Well, here I am in Nairobbery. The place so far does not seem as bad as I'd heard, but I have taken precautions to avoid issues.. sort of ;) For a start a bunch of us are staying in the Hilton, in the business district, so the area is a little safer. Also, during the day it is ok to walk around by myself, and there are a few other muzungu's in t...

Sorry for taking so long to write again! We've had a busy past few days. Like I said in my last note, Alli, Aaron and I went into town on Wednesday morning to get some goodies for the kids at the Cana school. We woke up to a drizzling rain in the morning, bought ourselves umbrellas at the little store across the street from our house, and then g...

Hi everyone! We're just finishing our first weekend in Nairobi. I'm so glad we planned our trip so that we had a couple of days to get adjusted before we start work. We've mostly just been hanging out with the family, catching up and letting them get to know Aaron and Alli. I'm ecstatic just to be seeing them all again, I feel like I've been wal...

Her real name is Ronalee. And she is really quite nice. Rona Ambrose met with the Canadian Youth Delegation today, as well as a few other Canadian youth present at the conference. In some respects we were putting on a show. In many respects they were putting on a show. But overall, I am suprised to say, that the feeling that I got from her was o...

Wow have arrived in Africa and are lovin it. After a huge flight landed in Jburg and was met by a driver Alfred who was very chatty and loved talking about Soweto, apartheid and Nelson Mandela, he took us on a drive around Joburg through some of the more poorer areas. Is definately an eye opener. There are so many people on the streets. Selling ...

Yesterday was orientation at the orphanage and today was our first day of work. I feel like the orphanage is impossible to describe. There are about 200 children from age 3 to 18, all living in a very small three-story building. They have school all day in filthy little classrooms, and at night they drag in mattresses and sleep in them. Our orie...

Nairobi, Kenya marks the end of the road for our 8-week trip through southern and east Africa. Crossing over from Tanzania was a little sad because we knew we would have to say goodbye to the friends we made on the overland safari, but we're excited about our next adventure in northern Africa. We had a great trip - our highlights are the sand du...

Hi everyone, Hope you are all well. We are now in Kenya and loving it! We arrived here at 4am and were picked up at the airport by Smiley and we soon realised why this was his name as even at this ungodly hour he laughed all the way to the camp we were staying at! We saw some zebras as soon as we left the airport just wandering along the road so...