Hey again! I may be going on a communication rampage now that I can, so hopefully am not boring you with all the photos. Had to share these ones though - am sure you'll see why. Margaret, who works at the lab and who also provides a lot of support for the orphanage that Brigid works at, has her father and brother over from Australia to visit. So, to welcome them, the orphanage put on a shindig. The orphans, their guardians, the teachers and the Upendo mamas (women who support the orphanage both financially and practically) organised dinner and singing, [View Full Entry]

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The wonders of (speedy) internet... Africa » Kenya » Coast By Katherine Howell June 28th 2007 Katherine HowellHi all! After 3 weeks of almost non-functional internet, we finally have a faster connection at work. Very glad of this as it means I am now able to look up articles and reliably send emails (obviously essential when doing resea [View Full Entry]

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Untitled Katherine Howell Hi all! Having a quiet day at home today catching up on emails and blog. The last couple of weeks have been a bit of a blur with long days at work trying to get enough done so that I can take a few days off when Dad and Liam arrive at the start of July. Hasn’t been all work though - we had a long weekend in Lamu a couple of weeks back. Lamu is an island off the coast of Kenya, which has been declared a UNESCO world heritage area because of its Swahili traditions. [View Full Entry]

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Weekend in Nairobi Katherine Howell Hey troops! Hope you’re all well. Brigid and I are all better on the eye front, although it’s really only in the last day that she has stopped looking like a devil. After a brief let-up in the rain, it returned with a vengeance last week so, on Wednesday night, we decided to go to Nairobi for the weekend. Was a long weekend here - Friday was a public holiday for Madaraka Day (Promotion Day, which marks the day Kenyans took over their parliament after independence was de [View Full Entry]

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I love the prawn man... Africa » Kenya » Coast By Katherine Howell May 30th 2007 Katherine Howell ...it is a fantastic concept - local fisherman comes to your door with fresh catch... prawns $6AUD/kilo. Brigid and I managed to get through a whole kilo between us last night... sooo tasty, probably sooooo piggy too.... we just have to hope [View Full Entry]

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Hi dudes! Been a long time, been a long time, been a long lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely time… Sorry, in a silly mood. So, anyway, it has been ages since I posted a blog. In fact, I’ve been putting it off for the last week as there is just a monumental amount to write about. We've definitely adjusted to Africa time also, which makes us completely incapable of doing anything quickly anymore. Hope you’re all well and happy, and that you have the patience to read what I’m sure will end up being a very long update. I’ve just finished [View Full Entry]

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G'day troops! Hope you're all well and not missing us too much! The title of this blog refers to my new name here - a tuk tuk driver (the driver of my new favourite tuk tuk, which is called "Awsome love of Jesus" and, yes, I know that's not how you spell awesome) thought that I said my name was 'One-and-a-half' when I told him it was Katherine. And, it seems the owner of the guesthouse was convinced my name was 'Owell. Lots of Kenyans are known by their surnames, so we thought he was referring to us both as [View Full Entry]

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Mambo Rafiki! That means 'how's it going, friends'... Mambo is the less formal greeting (compared with Hujambo). Apparently, the replies are 'poa' (which means cool), 'fiti' (fit) or 'freshi' (fresh), but I don't think I could do either of the latter 2 without feeling like I was a 14-year-old boy with my cap on backwards and my pants about a foot too low. It's a public holiday here today - Labour day - and there aren't many people at work. Seeing as I'm getting paid in Australia, I felt I couldn't really take a day off, but did come in [View Full Entry]

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Hi all! My intentions of keeping some semblance of order in this thing have gone out the window. Life getting in the way of all that, which is probably a good thing! A bit about the town to give some context to those photos - Kilifi is a pretty small town, with shops on 2 streets, and street stalls and the bus stop on a couple of others. The town then spreads out with houses, churches, restaurants, the hospital and the labs over a larger area. Most of this is on paved roads, but there are dirt roads that lead [View Full Entry]

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Hi all - forgot to get to the point of the story about meeting the boys on the beach the other day. Wanted to tell you their names. Not Sunshine Emergency Department strange, but amusing all the same. One was called Friday, and two were called Alex (they are brothers). Brigid is laughing at me and telling me that they have two mothers, which they do, but they have one father and I think it's a little odd to have two children of the same name. Anyway, here are some photos of them. Kiswahili lessons start tomorrow. Stay tuned. Kx [View Full Entry]

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