We woke up early in the morning tried, weary eyed, and annoyed and set off to one of the local farmers markets to buy things for lunch like fruits, vegetables, and other various foods . We only sent a few challengers in to retrieve the items because the place was overrun with people trying to sell us things. It was a mess of people and once they noticed foreigneers, which was my fellow challengers and I it was a race to sell us food. I was slightly surprised by the number of people who chased us in the bus and tried [View Full Entry]

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Trying pictures. This seems to have worked and I now have a few 'home comforts' to look at enroute. The next move is to find out how the map works. It has occurred to be that it would be better to add to it while in transit because the route may not be as earlier described. Will Richard Branson know where to find me ? [View Full Entry]

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Well I am happy to write that saturday the main construction of the classroom I fundraised for was completed!!! After all the stress of doing presentations to variable organizations and random estimations on cost of supplies, the structure is now standing and will be fully functioning come september when the students return to class!!!! For those of you who might not know, when I revealed to the ladies at living positive that I would be building a new classroom it brought about a bunch of fundraising efforts of the other volunteers that have been here for a month before me! So [View Full Entry]

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ok - so now do i access photos ? [View Full Entry]

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As we got off the airport at 6:30 am we realized we were finally at our destination, the trip we have anticipated for so long, we were in Kenya! I was so excited and nervous at the same time to finally be in the country we have been waiting to be in all year. As we looked outside the sky was a gray atmosphere, the roads were aged and cracked, the traffic was hectic but we were in Kenya! Although as we got on to our bus we met our driver who would transport us many times during our trip and [View Full Entry]

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Wowee ! I have just signed up ! We 'oldies' need some time to take all this tecnico on board. I'm getting prepared for the trip, starting 15th October. Haven't even done some of the basics, - like pay, yet but everything comes to they who wait. Watch this space ! [View Full Entry]

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Hey all!!! Sorry to keep you all on the edge of your seats about where in the world I am currently!!! I'm finally back "home" in kenya after a tough month in Egypt! The reason for such a long delay between posts was, first, my departure from egypt was anything BUT magical! haha The chairperson in egypt ended up being a complete PSYCHO!!! During our final fight, I decided it was just best to leave and head to kenya where I knew people would love to have me! So on that note, I did a quick tour of the pyramids and [View Full Entry]

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We’ve been back in Kenya for almost 3 months now. Life has definitely been busy. Murray went to Ethiopia for a week in June for a conference. Murray ran his own conference, up at Lake Naivasha, where the girls and I joined him for the week. Murray also went to UK for a conference at head office in early July. Max, Gillian (Murrays sister) and Ariana came to Kenya. They are up North-West Kenya for 6 weeks helping out with a childrens home. We have managed to visit them for a weekend and do Nakuru National Park, well known for Rhinos. [View Full Entry]

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Hmm, I feel some pressure to make this remotely interesting.. but all I really have to say at the moment is that I've made it safely to Nairobi, and now I'm ready to get out of here! Not that there's anything wrong with the city- I have all the best spots for good Indian food and coffee, etc scoped out.. but I'm SO ready to be in the field!! I got my first "mama" taxi driver EVER to take me from the airport- she let me know I was "very lucky", as she is 1 of only 4 female taxi drivers [View Full Entry]

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So, whenever I’m in a situation where I try to blog regularly (like tour or in Africa), as I go throughout my day, I try to make note of things to include. On a regular basis, there are things I forget to post. Sometimes, it’s even the funniest thing of the day. Once, I titled the blog about something that we saw, and then forgot to explain it! Here is a recap of some funny or interesting things that I forgot to mention. On Aug 2, when we were walking back from the hotel where we used internet, we were careful [View Full Entry]

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