Maua, Kenya

Travel Blogs from Maua (12)

Teaching and touring, Maua, Kenya travel blog
Teaching and touring
Mar 13, 2007

... (decimals) and 2 classes of Standard 6 English.  All went reasonably well. Today is laundry day.  I have searched all over Maua's booth/shops and there are no pegs (clothespins) to be had.  I don't know how Gladys will manage. I was ...

A travel blog entry by olsommer
Parent
Parent's Day
Mar 15, 2007

Today was Parent's Day at school.  These kids haven't seen their parents since early January, and some live in Maua, a 30 shilling matatu ride away.  The headmaster and the officials (sort of like our school board) had, I swear I am not ...

A travel blog entry by olsommer
Wesley Primary School, Maua, Kenya travel blog
Wesley Primary School
Mar 8, 2007

... , or khat.  It is a cultivated tree and they break off the tender branches and people all over Maua chew it.  It is the only place in Kenya that grows miraa and they export it to big cities in Europe.  It supposedly makes you alert and makes ...

A travel blog entry by olsommer
a new placement, Maua, Kenya travel blog
a new placement
Feb 24, 2007

Hi all I am apparently not going to Nairobi as I had anticipated.  Next week I will be off to Maua which I think is rural and I think is near Meru- all of which is suposition on my part.  I will be teaching in the Wesley school there.  More ...

A travel blog entry by olsommer

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