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Wasini island and other adventures
... are doing their schooling.
Today Mason finished his first chapter book, the Cay, which the girls read in fifth grade. He has read it to me, two pages a day, since we left Italy and he is quite proud of himself. He gave it to Adam, who wants to read it, and then pass it on to his own kids. Adam lent me a book called "Blood Money", a true story about David Morris, the caterer who tried to take over Somalia during the UN occupation in the nineties. It is an ...
Hospitals, turkeys, reefs and dugout sailboats
... hours, if we get to keep the fish. We settled, shook hands and parted company in the shallows.
I spent some time bodysurfing with the kids for a while, then sitting with Estela, who had spent an hour defending herself from the aggressive beach boys. I told them we are done buying, so they gave us that huge Kenya smile, shook my hand and wandered away. It’s hard not to like them, I can tell you that.
Estela asked the girls how they wanted to go home, by ...
Moses and Michael's Day Out
I woke up this morning to the most beautiful day outside. This past week has been the rainiest week we've had yet so it was nice to wake up to a change of weather. The rain has made it a little more difficult to get to school, as us volunteers walk to and from. We were late a few days this week because of it and had to walk the long way, an hour and a half since it was flat and there was no river to cross. On Thursday afternoon, we were super tired from walking so much so ...
Elephant Orphanage and Spa Weekend in Nairobi
... We had a driver pick us up at 9:00, he is the driver for Flying Kites to and from the airport and is so awesome. We hired him for the day and he drove us everywhere we wanted and walked us up to each admission booth to make sure we didn't get ripped off, and then told us about the history and different parts of town as we drove through. First, we headed to the Safari Walk, it is about 20 minutes outside of Nairobi. It was definitely an experience.
The Safari Walk ...
Nairobi Weekend
... that you sleep in because people have gotten ring worm from the beds there. Gross, I know but it's cheap and pretty safe so I guess I can't complain. Nairobi was great though. We went out to lunch, dinner and breakfast the next morning and got all the best foods we've been craving. Turkey and cheese sandwiches with extra cheese, chocolate milkshakes, sushi and mojitos for dinner, and then a egg's benedict platter for breakfast. It was amazing. At dinner, one of the girls ...


