Katie1990

Ok, so I've been here for a month and a half and am finally finding the time to write a brief blog post about what I am doing at the moment! I'm not lazy, just busy! I arrived back here on 9th January, was picked up at the airport by David (My African dad!) and we came straight back here to Kitengela. It seems to be a bit bigger than last year, more buildings going up, but still the same little town from last year. We are living in a different house to last year, as the old one was damaged by a building in the same compound which collapsed, so they had to move! We now live in a house in our own little compound type thing, with a garden - perfect for sun-bathing at ... read more

Ok guys, sorry this has taken me so long. Internet here is expensive and we dont always have a huge amount of time in the towns! This will be very brief because if i wrote it all down, you would all be dead before you finished reading it all! Tanzania: firstly went to Snake Park, in Arusha. Then headed to Lake Manyara and the Ngorongoro Crater - saw lots of monkeys (far too many monkeys!) and 2 rhino as well as a leopard, spotted by Dexter whilst everyone else was asleep in the vehicle! we have never jumped up as fast as when he called out leopard. we were around 10m away from it, in the tree, and it left sharpish but we had a really good view of it! The cratyer was absolutely stunning - ... read more

Ok! Currently back in Kitengela! Have popped back for a day to see Alun, seeing as we have a free day in Nairobi. Since i last made an entry, i have been throught Uganda, Rwanda and back to Kenya! My favourite trip by far has been the gorillas, and any trip that i do from now on will have to be amazing to beat it! After an hours walk up a mountain (possibly the steepest in the world, if my lack of breath all the way up is anything to go by!) the guides told us that we needed to leave our bags to get closer. The first gorilla i saw was eating in a tree. After a few minutes, it rolled down the roots and landed at our feet, at which point the guide pusghed ... read more

On Saturday, we visited David Sheldrick elephant orphage - it was amazing! The elephants were so cute - some of them there were only 1 month old and they were so small. They had to wear blankets to keep them warm enough, or they could catch pneumonia! They showed us two groups of elephants - the first was the really small ones, and the second group, which they fed 2 bottles of milk each to - they were huge bottles, and they all drank their two in about 2 minutes! They amde such a mess as well. I cant wait to go back when i am on the Oasis trip - one hour watching them was not enough! Didnt really do anything on Sunday - went out at abuot 4 to play a game of pool, ... read more

Hmm, not much has really happened in the past week. I spent Tuesday and Wednesday invigilating exams for standard 4 - so boring. I had to sit in the classroom the whoel day and repeatedly say 'silence' 'be quiet' 'i shouldnt be able to hear you talking' 'boys, will you be quiet' etc etc, you probably get the idea. They completely ignored me and just carried on talknig amongst themselves for most of the exam! i did feel very sorry for them though. most of them arent even 10 and over the two days they had a 2hr 30min exam, 2hr 15min exam, 3x 1hr 40min exam and 2x 40 minute exams. How mad is that? there is no way you can expect children of that age to be quiet for that amount of time. They ... read more