http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Naturopathic-Volunteers/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Naturopathic Volunteers en-us Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:10:42 +0000 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:10:42 +0000 There isn't an overlying theme to these photos. Plus I would like to share the following incident with you that has no corresponding photo Mzito Jayani and I were walking to dinner one evening when something flew into Jayani's eye. She gave a small yelp and stopped and Mzito and I went to see what it was. In less than 10 seconds out of seemingly nowhere a crowd of people had surrounded us so http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/blog-292904.html On the way from Mombasa to Nairobi we stopped by a Maasai Village for a brief visit. They are traditionally a nomadic tribe but as their land has been progressively gazetted by colonialists their traditional way of life is becoming harder to support themselves with. Tourism now provides them with a bit of income as many foreigners are curious about the tribal culture of Kenya. I think we all http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/blog-292840.html I have never seen such an array of wildlife in my lifetime all living together peacefully. That is until the lions get hungry. Canadian wildlife seems so lame in comparison. We spent 2 nights and 3 days in Tsavo National Park then another day and night at Lake Nakuru National Park in the Rift Valley. What surprised me the most was how close the animals got to our van. Most were not afraid of http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/blog-292200.html Kenya boasts some of the most beautiful scenery. Each region was distinct from Nairobi to Mombasa to the Rift Valley each area had something different offer. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/blog-291810.html We met some of the cutest kids in Kenya. They were absolutely fascinated by our strange appearance and were not afraid to express their curiosity. Quite often upon seeing us they would run up to us wave and call out a chorus of How are you. Many would also throw in a highfive or two or three or four. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/blog-291801.html Some images of the clinics and people we worked with. http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/blog-288902.html Thought I'd start out by posting some interesting signs we came across in Kenya... http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/blog-288586.html So we're back in Canada now. It was inconvenient for me to use the internet during the last week or so in Kenya and when we arrived back in Nairobi the internet wasn't working so I was unable to update you all about the last leg of our trip. However now that I'm back I will proceed to upload some pictures and tell the stories behind them. I think the photos will tell a better story than simp http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/blog-288577.html There's nothing quite like open sky at night there really isn't. Living in the city. it's easy to dismiss the night sky but here in the villages the sky is carpeted by stars. We've spent many an evening just standing and looking up in wonder.An average of 30 patients come by the clinics each day. We've learned to take a very fast case and how to focus on what's important but sometimes I wish http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/blog-282914.html Since I last updated our group met up with our supervisor Ameet in Nairobi where he took us for drinks and a night of dancing. The next day we split up into two groups SherriAnne Jiselle and Lydia went with Ameet to Kibwezi to work at Toru 1 and Jayani and I were dropped off in Wote to work at Toru 2 under the care of Mzito and Julius two of the homeopaths who work there. The villages ar http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/blog-280372.html Internet is very slow and people are waiting so this will be a very short entry. Things are well in the villages and we're still alive. ciao for now http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/blog-278334.html Finally we have found ourselves at an internet cafe and hopefully I can write a slightly more descriptive entry. Although there is internet access at Didi's place there has only been one computer from which we can log on and she pays for her internet by minute so I've been trying to keep things short and sweet. Maybe I'll even get to upload some pics while I'm here.Today will be our last day i http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/Nairobi-Province/Nairobi/blog-277274.html Today we went to an orphanage about an hour's drive outside of Nairobi. There were 9 of us in total our group and some students from Abha college and we were faced with treating 100 kids Needless to say it was tiring and certainly initiation by fire. However the kids were absolutely adorable and a couple of clear symptom pictures did come up when repertorizing. Hopefully we were able to h http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/Nairobi-Province/blog-276699.html We flew out of Toronto on Sunday night and stopped in London for 8 hours. We each took off for a quick tour of the city and some of us had friends to meet Amanda was lovely and flew in from Dublin to meet me for lunch. We all had a relaxing time although we were quite tired from the flight and then met again to embark on the final leg of the journey to Kenya.Our landing in Kenya was one of http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/Nairobi-Province/Nairobi/blog-276297.html Entry from IreneWelcome to our Kenya blog Here we will do our best to update you all about our volunteer project as often as possible. It all depends on the availability of the internet wherever we are of course.We're taking off in one day I'm mostly packed up just have a few more things to take care of before I'm ready to go. I almost can't believe this day has come the five of us have http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Kenya/Nairobi-Province/blog-274927.html