Monthly Archives: April 2013

We woke to a very wet morning having rained all through the night. Thankfully Millicent made us porridge for breakfast which warmed us up. We read through the files of Rosemary and Samuel, who are the students that LCC sponsor, so that we knew a bit about them before we met them and also knew how they were getting on in school. We then walked through muddy roads and paths to the main road to get our taxi, we were accompanied by Godfrey and Dickens. Godfrey was very kind and washed our feet for us so that we were clean when we got in the taxi. We got a taxi to Homa Bay where we saw hundreds of storks and saw Lake Victoria! Danielle went rowing on the lake with Dickens and Godfrey whilst Clare and Kat attracted the attention of local fishermen! We walked around the market seeing fish…

We woke to an alarm at 7am and went to wash. The ladies at Karibuni had provided us with hot water so we were able to wash properly using a basin of water and a jug. Before breakfast we brought all of the donations out to show the staff and began dividing it up for the Girls’ Support Group and Arina Primary school. Breakfast was omelette and toast for Clare and Danielle, but not for Kat as she was busy being sick (mararia pills to blame!). After, we walked into the town with Dickens and Noven;  they showed us the shops and we saw the hospital, police station and courts. We bought some water, a Kenyan SIM for internet access, shook lots of hands (we are like celebrities) and had a constant stream of kids shouting “mzungu, how are you?”! On our way back to Karibuni, we visited Lillian’s house…

Day 1

Jambo! We arrived in Nairobi after a trouble free journey, with all of our luggage intact. We got a taxi to Nairobi bus station – it was very hectic and busy and totally chaotic, with people were staring at us and taking our photos as we are “mzungu” (white man). Eventually we got on the bus for 3 hours – it was very hot and sticky. The highlight of the journey was seeing the Great Rift Valley opening up in front of us – amazing scenery.  After a 15 minute stop we were back on for another 4 and a half hours in total with no more rest breaks. The last stage of our journey was a local taxi with us 3 in the back and 4 adults in the front. This is apparently normal in Kenya and we were told that we should expect to see 6…