Blogs from Coast Province, Kenya, Africa - page 11

Well, my last week in Shimoni didn't get a blog because I didn't really do that much. I made some new forms for the upcoming expo, went on a few walks, and read at the Reef a lot. One of my walks was up the dirt road to a place called Magical Mwazaro. It's a beach with a beautiful hotel on it. I took lunch with me, and ate it there. I would recommend it to anyone travelling in the area. The weather has been getting hotter every day, so it's nice to be able to get away to a spot by the ocean with a breeze. My last weekend in Shimoni I went up to Diani for a change of scenery. The most exciting thing that happened was a man proclaiming his love for me ... read more

Well, this will be a more info packed than the average blog, because I haven’t had a lot of time at the computer the last 3 weeks. Tonnes of things have happened in that time, and honestly I don’t know where the time went. Week 8 was a fun time on marine. We saw lots of dolphins, had great weather, and I went out on the tourist dhow one of the days. A tourist dhow is a boat that takes around 20 tourists out to the Kisite Marine Park to do some snorkelling, and in the hopes of seeing dolphins. We snorkelled around Kisite island, and I saw a turtle swim by. The coral and amount of fish in the Marine Park is amazing. The colours are beautiful, and you can see the plants waving in ... read more

Well, I'm on the island of Wasini right now. I'm doing my time on the marine half of the project. It's very different from the Shimoni house. There is an actual base with different buildings, but since the town of Mkwiro is a stricter Muslim community all women have to cover their heads, as well as their shoulders and knees, when we leave the base. It has a beautiful spot to sit and watch the sunset. One fun activity we get to do almost every day is the water run. We don't have running water on base, so once a day we grab our water jerries, and walk down to the ocean to fill them up and carry them back to the house. We always have to time it to the high tide because we go ... read more

Hej allesammen. Der er sket en masse siden sidst, saa det bliver maaske en lang smoere - hvis internettet dog er hurtigt her. Jeg glemte sidste gang, at naevne at vi var paa en fin restaurant Carnivore, som er blandt de 50 bedste i verden. Konceptet er at man spiser en masse forskellige slags koed til man simpelthen ikke kan mere. Vi spiste alt fra struds, kalkun, kylling, boeffel og spare ribs, som alt sammen blev serveret paa store svaerd. Tjenerne gik simpelthen rundt med store svaerd hvor koedet var paa, og saa kunne man bare sige til hvis man ville have en skive eller to.. eller tre! Vi var alle sammen mere eller mindre halvdaarlige efter alt det koed, men der var dessert med i prisen, saa selvfoelgelig kunne vi lige finde lidt plads til ... read more

Jambo! This was another fun week of forest, monkeys and good company. Abduls refers to the local restaurant that we eat at almost every Wednesday. This week went somewhere different, but I want to tell you about the amazing food that Abduls gives us. We have to order several hours ahead, because normally there are over 10 of us going. Once we arrive we get a glass of nice, cold tamarind juice, followed by a chapatti. For those who don’t know what that is, it’s fried flat bread. Then its coconut rice, coconut sauce, scuma, which is a spinach mixture that’s fried and very good, fried cabbage, beans, and a whole fried fish per person. I come away nice and full every time. There are also several cats that live in that area and whenever we ... read more