February 8 2010: On the way between Mombasa and Nairobi, we passed an area where baobab trees grow. They're primal; their bark made me think of an elephant's skin...and they are enormous. Their branches look like roots, as if the tree must have grown upside down. We weren't in Nairobi long before we traveled through Machakos to Masii (pronounced Ma-see) where Paul's shamba is located (actually we visited three of them; one with the house where we stayed). One day we traveled to one higher up the mountains and walked in to it. Mazee led us up and through fields and [View Full Entry]

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Hi have now been in Kenya for a month working in a school which has been really hard manual work and I have found muscles I never knew I had but very rewarding and the people are just wonderful. I have added some more photos but I have so many that it is nearly impossible to choose which ones so just a random lot and not in any order either- all these things take so long and I don't get a lot of internet access so just have to go with it when I can. Having a brilliant time still and [View Full Entry]

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Just a quick one today to let you know that there are now photos for all of the posts that have had them missing. I have found a good quick net connection and have spent the day, and quite a few Kenyan Shillings, uploading. Things should now be up to date and I trust that it will prove to those who wonder that we are all still kicking on. We are currently in Nairobi and have been here for the last 5 days. Most of the time we spent in the Indaba Camp which is a little out of town on [View Full Entry]

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It is now a little over half way through our trip from Cairo to Capetown. We have a 5 day layover in Nairobi and it looks like we have found a nice, relaxing place to chill out for a while. The trip so far has not been hectic. Constant is probably a better word. Up most mornings at or around dawn and into it. Some days it is just half a day travel and others are full, hard days. We have only had to camp in the dark once. Most of the camp are so tired that they are in bed [View Full Entry]

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Finally, the day I have been waiting for almost a year: another trip to Kenya! My cousin Mari was nice and drove me to the airport, I had off course way too much luggage...as usual. The flight from oslo was delayed, not much, but enough to make a really stressful 20 minutes from landing i n Istanbul till the next flight closed the doors. I was running, and it felt like every person in that airport was trying to be in my way. But I made it! However, my luggage was left in Istanbul. It took quite some time to fill [View Full Entry]

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Elephants The David Sheldrick elephant sanctuary was established in the late 1970's to honour the memory of the famous naturalist, David Leslie William Sheldrick. The organisation takes young elephants from all over Kenya, and raises them using techniques and milk formula developed by David's wife Daphne, who was the first person in the world to successfully hand-rear a baby elephant. Most of the elephants are orphaned due to poaching, and due to the fact that none of the other elephants in the herd are able to produce milk for the calf, without being rescued and brought to the sanctuary, the calf [View Full Entry]

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From Marja: I know it's been about a week since we left Africa but I'm pretty sure that I can remember the highlights and that Shell will add to the posts or correct me if I go wrong. We arrived in Nairobi after a fairly good flight from Rome via Zurich. From the moment of clearing customs in Nairobi I loved the place. Everyone was happy and wanting to help you without having intentions of stealing anything from you. This was a bit hard to come to terms with at first as Rome and Naples taught me to watch my stuff [View Full Entry]

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Jambo !! (hello in Swahali) How amazing. I can't believe how much I have seen here in just a week. It is sooo sooo much to take in. The people, the culture, the landscape, and of course the ANIMALS. It is my last day in the Masai Mara today. How depressing! Would really luv to stay a bit longer and maybe cross over to Tanzania for a day or so.. but not part of the plan. However, a few interesting things I did see... well there is a disaster here in Kenya, there has been no rain for so long, they [View Full Entry]

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In Nairobi - more to come..... [View Full Entry]

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Hi all! I'm currently in our local internet storage unit. We've been working at the primary school in Kasigau for two weeks now and I'm just getting settled in. It's a whole new experience being in the vast minority, the kids take great enjoyment from shouting "Jambo" at us constantly (slang for hello). The weather has been rainy the past couple days, but today we woke up to a beautiful blue sky, scorching heat, and an explosion of green. All my clothes are orange now from the dirt, and we have to do all our everyday tasks by hand and from [View Full Entry]

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