Kenya Part 1

Hello folks!

I just got back from Kenya this morning! It was absolutely amazing! I loved every single moment of my time there. We spent about a week at Elangata, which is a school that we have a partnership with. We spent about a week in Narok, which is outside of Nairobi. Because I have a lot to fill you in on, I'm going to do a short re-cap of each day. I will tell you something that I saw, something that I learned, and something funny/embarrassing that happened. Here we go...

Day 1- Buses, Planes, and Airports

Saw: The MEGA bus. I took it from Chicago to KC... it was very appropriately name.

Learned: After having to ask a flight attendant, we learned that people who live in the Netherlands are referred to as Dutch... haha it was late and we were tired. oops

Laughed: On the bus, the emergency hatch popped open at about 3a.m. and everyone got substantially wet. I was extremely confused and asked the girl next to me why the sprinkler was on. Then we both laughed.

Day 2- Hello Africa, Nairobi, Narok

Saw: There were giraffes and zebras along the side of the road from Nairobi to Narok that were just grazing, it was awesome!

Learned: There are 77 shillings to every US dollar. Sopa means hello in Maasai (the language of the tribe we would be working with).

Laughed: In my journal I was writing about a card game that I had learned. We left the car in the middle of doing this and when I came back, at the top of my page, all I had written was "it turns out I'm pretty." I intended to say that I was pretty bad at the card game... I got made fun of to say the least.

Day 3- The road to Elangata Interit

Saw: Elangata (the school we worked at) for the first time and how beautiful the Great Rift Valley is.

Learned: It is extremely difficult to photograph a thompson gazelle... sneaky little guys. Elangata Interit means "where the dust crosses".

Laughed: The road out to the school was very bumpy... it was like a roller coaster. Me and my backseat buddies (Jen H and Jimi) tried really hard to protect the large bag of bananas (known as the banana baby) from getting injured. We inevitably failed, but had a lot of fun in the process. I believe I said "this is the most crazy fun I've ever had!"

That's all I have time for right now. There is more to come!