Blogs from Coast Province, Kenya, Africa - page 34

Had another night out last night again, even though it was supposed to be a chill out Night! Went to the Castle for Kirstys birthday, had a few tuskers and met the new people who started with i to i this weekand they all seemed pretty cool, one girl looks like someone i know but i couldn't remember who until today. Anyway, poppy went to tanzania this morning so i went to Dicksons myself, pretty easy tbh, just read Dylans autobiography most of the way, which i am getting into and by the way is the best book i've read in so long, can't wait for the next volume to come out. I think tomorrow i will defintely go for an early night, i fell asleep last night at 6 o clock just reading on my ... read more

Just a quick note..... I jsut arrived in Mombasa this afternoon. =) It feels good to be back. Can't believe its less than a month shy of a year that I last arrived here. Katina and a couple of her friends picked me up at the airport. The frist thing i was reminded of when I stepped off the plane was the heat!!! it's so hot here, although it's been hotter. It's been great just walking around Old Town with her. I love being back. Katina and i are going out clubbing tonight. =) Can't wait to dance. Tomorrow I'll be going tomorrow I'll be going to see my host family. It will be great to see them again. I have to run now. I'll write more later. Miss you all! Ciao... read more

Hiya everyone,i know im pretty late in typing this up, but this week has been so hectic, i cant believe itsonly been 4 or 5 days, it seems like more! I am quite settled now and really enjoying the project a lot, 3rd day there today and becoming a lot more interesting and productive. So, the story from the top, as short and concise as poss- Day 1 Got into mombasa at around 10 after delay in heathrow and a really easy flight- i cant believe i was scared! But anyway,got met and there was it turned out another girl at my flight, Kirsty who is like 27 and travlled loads before. Anyway, it was like 35C at 10 in the morning and its pretty much like that all the time now, getting used to it ... read more

Matatus To Watamu After spending New Year dancing around fires in Paje, we sped back up to Stone Town in a rainstorm, tarpaulin flapping around our ears as our Dalah Dalah screached through the home of the red colobus monkey. A super fast ferry back to Dar and, after a day spent sorting out bus tickets in Dar, we were heading north towards the Kenya border and to Mombasa. After a brief stop in Tanga, we hit our first unsealed road as another storm hit us and we slid our way through a muddy border post. We spent a couple of nights in Mombasa getting train tickets booked, getting my beardy face trimmed and generally zupping around in Tuk-Tuks trying to see as much of the city as possible in a short time. Mombasa is full ... read more

This is the salary of a nursery school teacher in Mombasa - assuming that the community can afford to pay the $16 that month. In Kenya, primary school (level 1 to level 8 -- British system) is free. But nursery school is not. Neither is secondary school. And by free I just mean school fees -- not the fees for books or uniforms or feeding programs. So sending your children to school is both a sacrifice when living in extreme poverty -- 80% of Kenyan families. But sending your kids to school is also hope for a higher standard of living -- so famililies are sacrificing and the primary schools are bursting at the seams. Free primary education was introduced in Kenya 4 years ago. The system is still trying to adjust because it was a ... read more