Blogs from Coast Province, Kenya, Africa - page 33

Hi peeps, hows it hanging. I can't believe i am writing this 5 days after my last one, sorry to not be upto date but even more so i cant believe i arrived in Mombasa a full 6 weeks ago, meaning i am half way through now! Scary but also good how easy it has become. The last week has flown by in a haze of fun and frollics. And it is of these i shall inform you of now, like so. Since the last entry it has been a pretty chilled out yet still hectic packed and fun week. In temrs of going out after work, we have done a lot less the last fortnightbut we still managed to head out to Il Covo for Louisas birthday which was nice, i opted for the more ... read more

We have a friend here named Steve, who is a Rastafarian acrobat with a home-made gym in his backyard. Steve has been friends with Chelly for years and for a while they were both working at zoos in Thailand. I only met the guy a couple weeks ago, but we really have a lot of similar passions and beliefs, so I'm sure he'll be a friend for life. After working-out at his gym last night, I started thinking quite a bit about some other friends-for-life, about two of my best friends back home: Ole Johnson and Neil Devlin. I was riding home to Mshomoroni on the back of a little imitation-Vespa scooter being driven by Chelly's brother Stringer. He was wrapped up in the craziness of the road and I was wrapped up in the craziness ... read more

Hellew Ladies and Gentlemen hope everyone is doing well, i myself am feeling fit as a fiddle and ready indeed for the next installment of six nations action this evening. (ed-what a rubbish game!) Say what you like about me, i like a bit o' culture. Anyway, since the last blog much happenings have been a-going onand volunteering is coming along well too. This weeks probably been my most full on week volunteer wise in terms of a whole week. Poppy wan't there for most of it cos she was sick so it was mostly me doing the nursery duties alone which was really cool, haven't really done it a lot but i feel i have made even more of a connection with the littlest kids. Days are slightly of a blur but i can remember ... read more

Jambo? Habari?Me? Nzuri Sana, thanks for asking. Many greetings to you all to my latest installments of musings on my Kenyatime. Following on from Lamu blog, we arrived back 'home' at around 4 in t'afternoon after a torturious 8 hour bus back from Lamu. At least first time it was anovelty, but on the way home we were stopped randomly three times by police and had to get passports out, and one time me and hannah were very nearly taken off the bus(for no given reason) by a police guy who was on a power trip, slightly scary but there you go. Also someone told us there are sometimes snipers to buses that dont travel in convoy, so yey! Managed to dodge the Bullets however and arrived back home considerably richer in mind and thought if ... read more

Good- Falling asleep at 5.30 like a child Dormans Coffee Shop Passionfruit Frappe Best Toast Ever in the Morning People Thinking im a Rasta Teacher in the Centre Calling me Loddy but a Two Year Old Child getting it right Free lifts to avoid matatus Standing up for National Anthem at Start of a film Having a dickensian-esque break in the middle of a film Falling asleep in Bars Falling Asleep in Reggae Gigs Falling Asleep Watching Football Bad accent impersonations Bartering BAD things- Falling Asleep too much Growing a Mosquito Bite Extra arm Smacking my Head on Matatu Roofs Smacking my Elbow on Matatu windows Too Many Cockroaches People INSISTING Wales is in England Kenyan people understanding me ,dutch and english people not?? Being offered drugs by Beach guys BECAUSE i have a dreadlike mop ... read more