Sorry it has taken me so long to blog again. I always seem to do this when I travel --- I’ll write a lot about my experiences at first and then get completely tied up in wherever I am and forget to keep people at home informed about what I’m doing as soon as I get settled. For a really short account of what I’ve been doing since I last blogged (because this is a ridiculously long entry): I went to Tanzania, pet a cheetah, held a newborn lamb (eee!), started volunteering at the only library in Kibera (Africa’s largest slum), [View Full Entry]

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Hey all! I am still safe and happy here in Kenya. There are two things that I have been feeling like I should write about -- driving in Kenya and mob justice. Driving in Kenya Drivers here are insane. I don't think there is another way to describe it. Not only are the jams crazy at most times of the day, but crossing the street is a nightmare, and basically involves you risking your life by running out in front of fast moving cars and hoping they'll stop. People also generally do not follow the rules of where to be on [View Full Entry]

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Sorry it has taken me so long to post, and sorry this post is so looooong. I can’t believe I’ve been in Kenya only a week! It seems like forever already. So much has happened since I’ve been here, and I don’t want to bore people too much, so here are a few things to sum up my stay here, in bullet format!: -I have black snot all the time in Nairobi. The pollution sucks, and there is clearly no cash for clunkers here. -one of the first nights I was here, I was still jetlagged and went to sleep [View Full Entry]

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Only a few days until I leave for Kenya!!! Information about the program: http://www.istc.umn.edu/programs/AFRICA/msidKenya/index.html [View Full Entry]

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