Nige here!
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Nige here, yes i am still alive. Haven't been able to get into my blog account so am going to be using Sarah's.
Well after arriving i had the culture shock that everyone was telling me about, and we'd only just left the airport! After settling in you get used to the atmosphere and the way people are living. One thing i've not yet got used to is the altitude up here, even in Nairobi we were higher up than any place in the UK! Betcha didn't know that huh?? I tried playing football for about 10mins and almost died of dehydration. I think Sarah has mentioned everything we have done up until Sunday, one thing she didn't mention from when we saw the Kenyan football game was the fact that an enormous Maribou Stork decided it wanted to join in the game. After flying around the stadium and getting much attention and cheering from the crowd (who were now more intrested in the bird) it landed on the pitch and had to be shooed off by cameramen. I doubt they could've done much with it as they are about 3-3.5 ft tall!!
I don't think there's much more to say about the other days, yesterday we travelled from Nairobi to Nyahururu, where David and Catherine are living. The 3 hour journey was not the the boring ones you would have in the UK, it again made me realise how priveleged i was living the way i do. Passing shanty downs and poor villages, most of which were near flood level due to the downpour that evening. Along the roadsides wild dogs, donkeys and carts and other cattle could be seen just roaming around. After passing through the villages there were some plain sites to see. In some of these plains you could see herds of Zebras and Buffalo, and flocks of eagles and storks.
The most intresting thing about all these small towns and villages is the number of churches that were around. Every town had at least 2 churches of some denomination, apparently there are over 2000 denominations, including Evangeical, Pentescostal, Oasis of Love, Hope and Happy. A lot of of these maybe unheard of in the UK.
After arriving at D & C's we settled down, had some dinner, unpckaed and went to bed ready to visit the school this morning. After breakfast and feeding of the chickens and turkeys we walked 15mins to the school. For those who don't know much about this project visit www.kisima.org The school is run by D & C and now has 40 students there, 21 boys, 19 girls. We sat in for two lessons today, Business Studies and History, which brought back many memories! The kids were very well behaved and were all eager to learn more. Tomorrow we hope to start painting the science labs which have now just recently been built.
So after 5 days in Kenya how a i finding it? Well i have to say i am enjoying it very much, the wildlife and scenary here are amazing, oh yeah one thing i forgot to mention is we stopped off at a point overlooking the Rift Valley, 8000ft above sea level it was a breathtaking view where we could see other mountains and a volcano. The culture here and the people are very very friendly indeed. Even children less than a year old shake your hands!!
So far i have taken 250 photos and Sarah has also taken many which we will share when we return. When people say you don't believe how privleged you are until you see it first hand..it's true.
Nige here, yes i am still alive. Haven't been able to get into my blog account so am going to be using Sarah's.
Well after arriving i had the culture shock that everyone was telling me about, and we'd only just left the airport! After settling in you get used to the atmosphere and the way people are living. One thing i've not yet got used to is the altitude up here, even in Nairobi we were higher up than any place in the UK! Betcha didn't know that huh?? I tried playing football for about 10mins and almost died of dehydration. I think Sarah has mentioned everything we have done up until Sunday, one thing she didn't mention from when we saw the Kenyan football game was the fact that an enormous Maribou Stork decided it wanted to join in the game. After flying around the stadium and getting much attention and cheering from the crowd (who were now more intrested in the bird) it landed on the pitch and had to be shooed off by cameramen. I doubt they could've done much with it as they are about 3-3.5 ft tall!!
I don't think there's much more to say about the other days, yesterday we travelled from Nairobi to Nyahururu, where David and Catherine are living. The 3 hour journey was not the the boring ones you would have in the UK, it again made me realise how priveleged i was living the way i do. Passing shanty downs and poor villages, most of which were near flood level due to the downpour that evening. Along the roadsides wild dogs, donkeys and carts and other cattle could be seen just roaming around. After passing through the villages there were some plain sites to see. In some of these plains you could see herds of Zebras and Buffalo, and flocks of eagles and storks.
The most intresting thing about all these small towns and villages is the number of churches that were around. Every town had at least 2 churches of some denomination, apparently there are over 2000 denominations, including Evangeical, Pentescostal, Oasis of Love, Hope and Happy. A lot of of these maybe unheard of in the UK.
After arriving at D & C's we settled down, had some dinner, unpckaed and went to bed ready to visit the school this morning. After breakfast and feeding of the chickens and turkeys we walked 15mins to the school. For those who don't know much about this project visit www.kisima.org The school is run by D & C and now has 40 students there, 21 boys, 19 girls. We sat in for two lessons today, Business Studies and History, which brought back many memories! The kids were very well behaved and were all eager to learn more. Tomorrow we hope to start painting the science labs which have now just recently been built.
So after 5 days in Kenya how a i finding it? Well i have to say i am enjoying it very much, the wildlife and scenary here are amazing, oh yeah one thing i forgot to mention is we stopped off at a point overlooking the Rift Valley, 8000ft above sea level it was a breathtaking view where we could see other mountains and a volcano. The culture here and the people are very very friendly indeed. Even children less than a year old shake your hands!!
So far i have taken 250 photos and Sarah has also taken many which we will share when we return. When people say you don't believe how privleged you are until you see it first hand..it's true.
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