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- A Certificate in CorruptionHaving a new-born baby in the house has given me another reason for being grumpy in the mornings. Not just that though, sometimes the ‘system’ also makes me grumpy…’ The last week I have made it my mission to get all Posted by africraigs in africraigs | Nov 24, 2010
- 'green card' and 'camera'i'm on the computer where the 'p' key doesn't work...so it's the computer, not my spelling! it would be in the last week of term that i've found the two magic bribes which work on kenyan schoolkids: 'you need to Posted by katiekenya in Katie in Kenya | Nov 21, 2010
- Flight homeNairobi Airport: I’ve never been security-checked so thoroughly in my life, not even when I’ve visited the US. First luggage check: As soon as we enter the terminal. Second check: random check of one of our bags just before check-in. Then Posted by TTraveller in Africa for the anxious | Nov 16, 2010
- Searching for Karen BlixenWe are driven to Karen Camp in Karen – all named after Karen von Blixen whose farm was once based in the suburb (or rather the suburb WAS her farm!) It now doesn’t look anything like „Out of Africa“, but I Posted by TTraveller in Africa for the anxious | Nov 16, 2010
- Stalling at the final hurdleAt first the journey is pretty uneventful. The landscape looks quite similar to things we have already seen in Tanzania. One last time we set up our tables for lunch somewhere in the middle of nowhere – well, not completely the Posted by TTraveller in Africa for the anxious | Nov 16, 2010
- Welcome back to Kenya!AH is entering his home country for the first time in 37 years, but we don’t get quite the welcome we would have liked. First, there is the paperwork. We have to fill in two virtually identical forms. Then we are Posted by TTraveller in Africa for the anxious | Nov 16, 2010
- getting back into the food chainso school's been out for the KCPE (Kenya Certificate of Primary Education) this week. everyone definitely needed a break - the kids were getting beyond control-able! one more week of cramming before the end of term exams. our term finishes Posted by katiekenya in Katie in Kenya | Nov 13, 2010
- Makongeni - Week 3===October 1st - October 7th=== Okay, so Friday afternoon was pretty good! We headed out with Rosie and Beverly on matatus, not chucking people off this time though, and went to a local market which was just a 10min ride from Posted by annscarr in ANN'S KENYA BLOG | Nov 9, 2010
- what do kenyan cats say?another road-from-hell induced bit of humour there! so it's been a fairly busy week, there's lots to write about at least. today i'm trying to fast with ayne for hajj so i'm very hungry and a bit dozy right now Posted by katiekenya in Katie in Kenya | Nov 8, 2010
- In search of the 'Big 5'The safari was the last of our three Must-Sees, and also our last major destination before we headed home. It proved a pain to book. We wanted to talk to a travel agent in person before making a decision, ‘cos Posted by Julie1972 in Blowing the Mortgage | Nov 7, 2010
- i cooked my first meal in seven weeksi can now officially cook chapati and stew. banana and squash stew to be precise. we've made friends with a kenyan couple who live on the route between jamii orphanage and our house, alges and medi. well, carolyn has made Posted by katiekenya in Katie in Kenya | Oct 30, 2010
- No Cars in LamuNO CARS IN LAMU Even the plane ride from Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta Airport to the small airstrip on Manda Island, the getting off point for Lamu is a throwback in time. The plane is a Posted by nilesh in Travel Diary - Nilesh Korgaokar | Oct 24, 2010
- damn kenyan e numbersin all honesty this has probably been my lowest week so far - mainly because of this lovely allergy thing. what i originally thought was just some angry mosquito bites on my knees got worse and worse over tuesday to Posted by katiekenya in Katie in Kenya | Oct 24, 2010
- Derniers jours au KenyaHello to everyone, I hope this finds you all well. We are back in Nairobi for a couple of days and now VERY ready to get going on our trip south with the group tomorrow. Since we last wrote we've Posted by Sydnico in Sydnee and Nico | Oct 23, 2010
- The BeginningBonjour a tous, L'arrivee a Nairobi s'est bien passee. Apres 9h de vol et 1h d'attente (rapide selon les locaux) pour obtenir les visas, le taxi nous attend : "Hakuna Matata"... puis nous escroque de 10$. A peine arrive au camping Posted by Sydnico in Sydnee and Nico | Oct 18, 2010
- one tequila, two tequila, three tequilaliterally. and i didn't pay for a single one! we went to guava (the westernish ex-pat place) on friday and really i think they should pay us for entertaining the rest of the customers. apparently the bouncer doesn't like white Posted by katiekenya in Katie in Kenya | Oct 17, 2010
- Day 15. Thursday. 16.9.10 E.D.P was today's morning session and for the first time I was a 'sponge presser' and the paper came out surprisingly well. We had a bit of a team tusker sing song with such classics as 'build me up buttercup' Posted by siangreen in Jenny in Kenya | Oct 13, 2010
- Day 14. Wednesday. 15.9.10 Woke up with a banging headache today. Must get painkillers!!! I could hear Nadia (at 6.30) fully dressed and borrowing the teaching books from Tina so that she could revise our lessons! Somebody needs to stop that girl! Knowing that Posted by siangreen in Jenny in Kenya | Oct 12, 2010
- living on the edgenote to self: don't bother with internet cafes after midday. far too much hassle. so the 'new' girls arrived last week, thursday, and promptly got food poisoning! welcome to kenya ladies. my new housemate, ayne, will probably get less MZUNGU! MZUNGUU! Posted by katiekenya in Katie in Kenya | Oct 12, 2010
- Day 13. Tuesday. 14.9.10 It was back to the school today to finish off the brick making. After mixing more soil we moved on to digging the foundations for the kitchen. The holes for the wall had to be dug which was rather challenging Posted by siangreen in Jenny in Kenya | Oct 8, 2010
- Makongeni - Week 2===September 27th - October 1st=== On Monday we didn't do any project work in the morning we just headed to the local nursery where we were introduced to the 70-strong class of 3-7year olds! We introduced a completely new project for Posted by annscarr in ANN'S KENYA BLOG | Oct 8, 2010
- Day 12. Monday. 13.9.10 Today we were goat de-worming again. Stevie told us that it wasn't a far walk which was a bit of a lie. It was a BIG walk and we moaned half joking all the way. Everyone really enjoys seeing the Posted by siangreen in Jenny in Kenya | Oct 5, 2010
- Day 11. Sunday. 12.9.10 Woke up feeling particularly moody for the first time since I got here but it was ab easy Sunday which made things better. In the morning Lonya a.k.a Mamma Chipatti taught us how to make chippati's....the greatest doughy creation Posted by siangreen in Jenny in Kenya | Oct 4, 2010
- the dreaded third week in the homesickness cyclehard to believe that this is our third week here, it feels like less and more than that at the same time. i'm trying not to think about time passing because i have a feeling it'll go too quickly! now i'm Posted by katiekenya in Katie in Kenya | Oct 2, 2010
- Night Runners It has been a while since we last blogged, and for all those that follow us diligently, we apologise. We are feeling a bit of the ‘empty nest syndrome’ following the departure of my dad, sister Lizzie and (fake) Aunt Posted by africraigs in africraigs | Oct 1, 2010
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