Blogs from Africa - page 2721

So my day started out a little hectic... well, I shouldn't say hectic, but let's just say adventurous ;). I awoke in the oh so suave city of Como, Italy, and had a lovely breakfast in the outdoor cafe of the hotel I stayed at (complete with a bell tower right outside my window - which of course rang quite early, hehe) ;). I also found out from some German travelers sitting with me that the swing dancing competition I witnessed last night was actually quite a big ordeal - their friends and such had come all the way to participate. They were quite interesting to talk to. But, anyway, so after that, I left for the main train station... I get there, and discover that the ticket machine won't issue me a ticket back to ... read more

Hello Everyone, Before I begin, I should remind everyone that you can subscribe to our blog and receive an email reminder every time we post a message to this site. I highly recommend you do this to ensure you don't miss out on any of the news. Okay.....wow.....big day! Cristelle and I both slept for about 12 hours or so, to offset the 48 hours of non-sleep that we had experienced previous to that. Surprisingly, we both felt completely rested and survived a very long day today to prove it. It is 1:00 AM in the morning on the 23rd of June, so I may not write too much. I spent some time on Lili and Lew's computer this evening trying to download some images but their computer would not recognize my camera, so I ... read more

I couldn’t sleep all night. I cried most of the night through because my heart is bursting with sorrow and joy. I feel responsible for the situation that the people are in. Most people will say, “you can’t feel responsible for them it’s not your burden to carry”. To those people I would say you’re wrong, Christ calls us to carry one another’s burdens and I am called, more than most, to do just that. I finally got out of bed as the sun was slowly creeping over the horizon; I needed to listen to something so I began listening to Savior King by Hillsong United. My heart was filled with emotion and I collapsed on my knees in the dirt crying my heart to the Lord. I don’t know how long I was there but ... read more

Hi Everyone, Thanks for tuning into out BLOG! We have arrived in Kenya after an arduous journey - 8 hours flihgt from Edmonton to London, another 9 hours wait at Heathrow, then 8.5 hours to Nairobi. Cristelle had a shorter flight from Ottawa, but then had to wait about 12+ hours at Heathrow. We hadn't really arranged how to meet at Heathrow (why make a plan and spoil the adventure) so it took us about 5 hour s to find one another. But we did and then went for a nice little meal. The first nig event for us came at the airport when Cristelle wnet to into the line up to get her boarding pass from Virgin Airlines. A group of Armenians returning to Los Angeles got bumped due to lousy service from security, British ... read more

url='/Videos/4054.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/4054.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'Human Tower War!! Saturday 16th 6am up for a 7am departure - we crossed over the Kenyan border and a long journey to Nairobi. I used Andrea’s room to shower & repack my bag before getting the overnight bus to Mombassa. On the nightbus I had all the back seats to myself, and lay out to sleep, although the bumpy roads meant that I flew into the air on several occasions. At midnight we stopped, and unfortunately more people got on so I lost my bed. Sunday 17th We arrived at Mombassa at 3.30am. I thought we were arriving at 6am, so I got in a taxi for an hour drive to Diani Beach. Since only the night porter was there when I arrived, I slept on the sofa until 8am, when I had ... read more