The Panari Hotel Nairobi

... been to so far!<br><br>Then we get a call. We head back to the office to hear that we have a ground ambulance to Marachos. This is about an hour away by road. We would not normally do a ground ambulance but he is a relative of someone in AMREF.<br><br>We are told the patient has pneumonia but is quite well.<br><br>The journey is a long and very bumpy ride. There is dust everywhere. The relative meets us on a street corner and we follow him through many twists ...

... 8211; and transport. But&#8230;.we can't mimic the settings as the ventilators are completely different&#8230;Damn! We spend a good hour working it out &#8211; and are finally happy. <br><br>Her mother is about 15, although she is not sure herself. She is a Masai. In that culture the girls marry at 11 or 12 and have babies straight away. The men have multiple wives and can be 30 years older! <br><br>I know &#8211; some of you may say that that would be perfect for me! Ha!

... Lilian&#8217;s mom wanted to give us a pop, but we decline and told her we would come back the next day with money to actually buy things. We were not going to take a single thing for free. <br><br> Wednesday was a killer day! It was the HIV, Malaria, and TB awareness march in the city centre, and I LOVED every second of it! It was a blast! We met Kilonzi and the ladies from the HIV group at the bus stop around 9:30, and we took a bus down into Nairobi&#8217;s city centre. There ...

... us what they make, some of which was beautiful, others were not &#8220;sellable&#8221; in Canada. We would tell the women which beads would sell in Canada, and for approximately how much. The one lady Judi (who we went to Kibera with) makes these amazing clay bead necklaces, for example. She would sell them here for 400 KSH (about 7 dollars). We told her she could get 800 KSH for it in Canada. Overall the meetings went well, and the women seemed pretty excited about the idea ...

... pollution, and crime to the point that even the locals refer to their own city has &#8220;Nairobbery&#8221;. However, we were both very excited and relieved that we would now be travelling with a tour company for the next two weeks. No more thinking about where to stay, what to eat, where to go&#8230;it was all planned out for us. We were even looking forward to seeing our names on those boards upon arriving at the airport as we had requested pick ...

... Waiters carry the sizzling meat to your table on long skewers and carve whatever you like onto the cast-ron platters that serve as plates. There are various sauces such as fruit salsa to enhance the taste buds. The house drink is called dawa, a Swahili word for &#8220;medicine&#8221; and it is a blend of vodka, honey and lime prepared by a smiling man in a poncho of colorful kikoi cloth. We had 15 diffferent ...

... travellers - yey! I hope I don't have to share with a Marlene reincarnate eh Lucy?! According to the rooming list I'm sharing with Fiona tonight, she's not here at the mo though. We leave for Tanzania tomorrow so will write again in a few days.<br><br>Keep in touch and let me know all your news,<br><br>Lots of love<br>Jo<br>xx<br><br>PS: Huge special thanks to the following: Charlie for putting up with a very stressed me for three days prior to ...

... on Monday night, which was of course received much better than when I tried to cook on my first visit. My culinary skills are limited when a microwave is not available.<br><br>And finally, the real reason I decided not to blog until I was safely back on American soil &#8211; we had a little trip to a Kenyan ER on Thursday night, and some stories just don&#8217;t need to be shared while they still have the possibility of scaring your mother to death. <br><br>I was feeling pretty ...

... but allow them the opportunity to create income generating activities to provide for their children and improve their lives overall. In addition, they will now know that the water they feed themselves and their children is free from disease-causing pathogens. I was happy to be a part of their solar cooking &amp; water pasteurization education. <br>