Yesterday - Monday, (I’m writing this on Tuesday) was a pretty weird day for me, definitely not my favourite. I woke up feeling awful, didn’t go to bed feeling too good either. My tonsils were red & puffy & the back of my throat was itchy. I knew that I had tonsillitis as I get it often & that’s what it always feels like. I knew a day in bed & a stock of tablets my Mam had packed would help. I didn’t think it would cause too much trouble if I had the day off to rest. I asked the [View Full Entry]

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In the morning I really wanted to see if my parents e-mailed me back. Sheila woke me up at 7, I got some toast & took it to the computer. I could see that I had an e-mail from each of them but it just would not open. I really don’t know why, I tried so many times & it wouldn’t work. I was gutted, had to go to work wondering what it said. I really didn’t want them to hate me, don’t mind if they do when I’m at home, but it’s different here, haha. I was so excited to [View Full Entry]

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Six days to go and we still don't have hotels for next week...perhaps I should invest in a very sturdy sleeping bag...? [View Full Entry]

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We’re home now, back in Moshi in CCS Karanga. I’ve missed it here.We just arrived from Arusha about half an hour ago. The home base computer is kind of working now, it’s a bit dodgy but still slowly working. Dad - I decided to paragraph this blog! Lucky you. Today at 6am we were woken by a Japanese woman singing “you make me feel like a natural woman” in the shower. It was very funny, but annoying! We fell back asleep & woke up at 9am, lie in compared to the usual time we wake up here. We packed our bags [View Full Entry]

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Now that I'm home already, I'm getting lazy but I do want to finish up this blog before everything leaks out of my memory so here goes, albeit abbreviated. Once I met my brother at the airport in Lilongwe, we decided to start traveing north immediately and caught an overnight bus to Mzuzu, in northern Malawi. The ride left abour 7pm and arrive 530am, we got lucky and jumped on a minibus towards Karunga. The city was small and we still had a lot of traveling to do, so we grabbed a soda and hopped on a minibus toward the the [View Full Entry]

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So everything is finally falling into place for our trip, and I though it was high time I started a travel blog, in order to simultaneously make you jealous and bore you senseless for the next month. I should warn you now that I have never had one of these blog-like things, so entries may well disappear for weeks on end, and spell checking is not something I habitually use. Ho hum. So I'm almost all jabbed up, we have flights and volunteering projects (almost!), I am equipped with mosquito net, insect repellent, First Aid kit and backpack. All that remains [View Full Entry]

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15-7-08 Today it really feels like I’m actually in Africa. It’s only just kicked in, not fully though. I’m having the best time, it feels like I’ve been here ages & I’m afraid the 3 weeks will go too fast & I’ll want to stay longer. Today (Tuesday) was the first day of work for everyone at the home base. I had an amazing day & I think everyone else did too from all the stories I’ve heard. I’m working in Soweto nursery, there are 10 children in my class & I’m working as a teaching assistant. The children are aged [View Full Entry]

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It's 7:30am in Tanzania. 5:30am at home. Woke up half an hour ago & had museli with warm milk, now I'm sat here waiting for our first activity of the day - administration issues. All the previous volunteers said that today will be the most long & boring day for us, yey. In the afternoon we have a task that I remember doing last year. We have to pair up with someone & do a certain task. Like.. find out how much a men's haircut in Moshi is. That should be alright, but before that I think we've got loads of [View Full Entry]

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Llegue a Tanzania!!!! Today is my first full day in Tanzania. I've walked pretty much the entire city with my map. Thank God the street are named because it has made my experience an enjoyble one. This morning I met a woman from Zambia, who is accompanying her husband on a business trip. He is a Chief of their tribe, so that mades her the princess of her tribe. I will be having dinner with them tonight and enjoy more of their culture and lives. I am a bit bumb about not taking many pictures. Tanzanians don't like for their picture [View Full Entry]

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I'm leaving for Africa in one day. Busy printing out pictures at the moment to take with me in a photo album. I'm very excited. Going to town soon to buy last minute things that I need. Hopefully I'll be able to get on the internet every day when I'm out there to add a new entry. Keep a look out :) Caitlin x [View Full Entry]

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