Parkside Hotel Nairobi

... daughter of the lady who lives in the house with. She is so gorgeous and everynight I help her with her homework and we play cards together (she is getting very good at speed!)....she also makes me chase her around the house pretending to be a shark (?!)....we watch Tusker Project together which is East Africas answer to the X factor and afterwards she sings and dances for me then waits expectantly for my 'comments' as I am suppose to be the judge....then I have to shout 'next ...

Hi all, Sarah and I are very slack, we know, and you are probably wondering what the hell has been happening to us!! So, here's a quick updat and an outline of our plans from here on in. Sorry, cant download any photos as the East Africa internet is really rather ******!! For the last month we have been travelling up the East Coast of Africa on a new truck with new (young and fun) people and besides some recent illness on Sarah's part we have ...

... for a few months, it was unfortunately very believable. Our Zambian cab driver had told us a similar version of this story, which involved women being forced to sleep with their managers and bosses to keep/get jobs.

As we drove free of the slums, the immense open plains of the Rift Valley appeared. The Masi Mara is a huge national park, connected to the Serengeti in Tanzania to the south. On the way to our first night’s camp, we ...

... people referred to their husband or wife, but never wore wedding rings. Now, I know wearing a wedding ring doesn't actually prove marriage or not, but I asked the question, are they legally married, or do they just call each other husband and wife. In fact, in many cases, and most in the slums, people do not legally get married. That is how her husband left without any legal obligations to her children, because unlike the US, there is no such thing as mandatory child support or ...

... met and Pauline nodded in agreement. I better understood all the fuss, and I hoped I had represented well. I was not at all hungry , but the dinner proved delicious, despite the Mzungu cooks. While we were eating, Patrick invited us to wash after dinner. I thanked him, but told him we could wait until the hotel. “But you are sleeping here,” he told me, “you and Jackie are our guests.” As I completely trust Patrick , I did not feel any apprehension ...

So today was my first day in Kenya and it was definitely very eventful and very memorable.  I woke up fairly early and had a great, huge, breakfast at the HEART compound and then we left for Kibera—the second largest slum in the world.  We took the HEART van, which is a military-esque off-roading vehicle that seats 9 (including our amazing driver, William).  Our group today consisted of:

Bob and Tammy: husband and wife who are in charge of HEART's children’s ...

... 6 x 10 ft, some rooms smaller. But it works. It was the first clinic of it’s kind in Kibera. Andrew gave us a quick orientation and handed us over to another volunteer, Grey, who does the book keeping. Ramtu, a local man was also there. The two of them walked with us for over 2 hours, talking, showing, answering questions. We only covered maybe a ¼ of Kibera. Ramtu is a futbol coach for the youth of Makina village. His mission is to provide ...

... time in the city and with our family from Kenya we took a nine hour bus ride to the coast of Kenya to a city called Mombasa. We headed straight to a budget resort on the ocean and although it was cloudy and rainy, we enjoyed the beach. We met some great local people and agreed to meet two young guys, David and Jesus, at their hut for a fish dinner. We didn’t really know what to expect but when we got there we were pleasantly surprised. Their hut and ...

... br> dan ook jagen met bushmen, en dorpjes bezoeken waar nog niet zoveel toeristen
zijn geweest, spannend! Als ik die toer voor over een dag of 5 zou kunnen
boeken, zou dat ideaal zijn. In de tussentijd wil ik dan wat relaxen,
misschien een zwembad opzoeken om nog een beetje in conditie te blijven
(al is het vastklampen en meedeinen in een safaribusje ook topsport!),
en hopelijk ook een paar ...