Hotels in Nairobi - Prices and Reviews

I finally found out yesterday what all my projects are going to be as a HEART intern so that was really exciting!  Here's the list (in no specific order):


1. Make flyers for HEART’s WEEP/PROPS program

2. Create a Facebook page for HEART on which we’re going to post "causes" (HEART’s different projects) so peop...

Today was the first day of week two at the clinic. Robinson was the clinical officer working, and he was wonderful to work with. We did an exam on a woman 34 weeks into her pregnancy. I palpated for the fundus (the top of the uterus), and Robinson taught us how to gauge how far along a fetus is based on the distance from the belly button to the ...

Well, I have been home for almost 2 weeks now. And I probably have only one more entry to make after this one. But I felt like I needed to show some of the faces that I met along the way. One thing that I noticed is that I do not have have any pictures of any of the people that worked with in Kisumu. At least any of the people in the CDC office....

So if you all remember a few blogs ago we booked a ten day safari. Well after five full days we decided we had seen enough. Plus if you can imagine spending 8-9 hours a day driving on bumpy dust laden roads, you can probably understand why we cut it short. We saw all the animals that we wanted to see (the lion, cheetah, rhino, wildebeest, .... e...

On our last day in Uganda we were able to see Gerald, the child we sponsor through Compassion. We had tried to organise this before leaving the UK but did not leave enough time to arrange it. However, amazingly on our flight from London to Uganda we met Bronwyn, who works for Compassion, she also goes to Rob & Issy's church. It was greatt to...

I was laboring away on a catch-up blog, was nearly done, and then my computer screen went blank. I am so frustrated. I don't have the time or the patience to start all over. I suppose it will all have to wait until I'm back in the states. You can read Emily's blog if you are dying to know what has been going on.

Much to my pension fund's chagrin (not to mention my parents'), I've jacked in the job again and hit the road. Africa seemed like a good place to go, and Nairobi a good place to start. The conversation with the taxi driver from the airport was the same as any other in the world: the weather, the traffic, why Arsenal will always be better than Ma...

Last Thursday my 29day truck tour number 1 ended in Nairobi. Which was very sad although i was also not feeling too great (too many drinking games for end of tour the night before. Bunnies is a fun game i must teach when i return! Ring of fire is not fun and reason for not feeling so rosy). But end of tour meant that i met up with Stu in hotel i...

I probably should write a little bit about life at home, so you have an idea of how we're living. Lily and I are staying in a little room with bunk beds, where our bags have exploded to cover every square inch of floor space. The house is equipped for running water but it has been rationed since I've been here so we're using water they have stor...

I arrived in Nairobi on the 10th January. A scary city, although the elephant and giraffe sanctuaries were good. From Nairobi we headed north, past the edge of the rift valley. We first went to Lake Naivasha and then to Lake Baringo. Both lakes had amazing bird life: hornbills, weaver birds, pelicans, storks, barbets and beautiful starlings. We ...