Destination: Kenya

Day 15 Monday 16th August 2010

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 | By blondeburtie123 | Views [328]

Today at the nest was so hectic! There was only one teacher there and she was teaching reading. This was the first time Sarah and I actually realised how much we could offer the teacher to enhance the children's education...but the amount of help needed ... Read more >

Day 13 and 14 Saturday and Sunday 14th and 15th August - SAFARI!!

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 | By blondeburtie123 | Views [354]

Got up at 5am to leave at 6am...but the truck was over 2 hours late (typical kenyan timing!) We were all so excited! The journey there was so bumpy, fast, dangerous and long. It took us 5 hours to drive to the Masai Mara!! But it was a good chance to ... Read more >

Day 12 Friday 13th August 2010

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 | By blondeburtie123 | Views [319]

This morning I went to The Nest and did some team teaching with Sarah for Maths. It was great!! We did a subtraction song for the starter, the teacher wrote down notes so I think we taught her something! The children were very engaged and enjoyed the ... Read more >

Day 11 Thursday 12th Augusr 2010

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 | By blondeburtie123 | Views [328]

Today we went to The Nest and LCC again...did the usual stuff! Taught children more games and songs. I was mainly in the kindergarten classroom which was good but I am so glad I chose to teach juniors!! But the children were so tiny and so cute :) They ... Read more >

The slums...

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 | By sarahcrystal | Views [213]

Hello...well first of all...again i cannot believe how bad i have been at keeping this journal. i really wanted to write everyday to keep a vivid memory of what i have done but we have been so busy i just haven't had the time or energy to write everyday.... Read more >

Day 10 Wednesday 11th August 2010

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 | By blondeburtie123 | Views [293]

Today we were not going to our usual projects but we were to go to the local feeding program in the village of Limuru for the destitute and the elderly. I was very open minded and excited to go to this today as I had seen pictures from past volunteers ... Read more >

Photos: Mount Kenya

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 | By steve_and_emma | Photo Gallery

Trekking to Point Lenana, Mount. Kenya

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 | By steve_and_emma | Views [2406] | Comments [1]

Before you read on, let it be known that we never intended to get to the top of this one; you need to be a highly skilled and experienced climber to reach the topper most summit.   For us mere trekkers Point Lenana is the limit. We’d been ... Read more >

Day 9 Tuesday 10th August 2010

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 | By blondeburtie123 | Views [259]

Today was the earliest start so far! We all had to leave at 7.30am to go to the slums. The journey took 1hr and a half but it was very interesting looking at all the buildings through Nairobi and the scenary (AND THE MORNING TRAFFIC!) We arrived first ... Read more >

Day 8 Monday 9th August 2010

Mon, 9 Aug 2010 | By blondeburtie123 | Views [228]

I was poorly again today! I was sick this morning whilst gtting up to go to the project so decided to get myself some rest and stay off project. So generally today I have been taking it steady, done some reading by the fire, watched some films on tv, ... Read more >

My Photo scholarship 2010 entry

Sun, 8 Aug 2010 | By ashwatson | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Tags: #2010wnphoto, travel photography scholarship 2010

Say 7 Sunday 8th August 2010

Sun, 8 Aug 2010 | By blondeburtie123 | Views [234]

We had a very early start this morning as we were driving to the baby elephant and giraffe orphanage!!! The weather was good but the journey was crazy! Bumpy roads and very dodgy driving....but it all added to the experience! We arrived on time and the ... Read more >

Day 6 Saturday 7th August 2010

Sat, 7 Aug 2010 | By blondeburtie123 | Views [371]

Got up this morning feeling much better and excited to go to the African Wedding! We were all panicking about what to wear because we had only brought our 'scruffs' but charity, one of the African Impact coordinators, told us that no one dresses up for ... Read more >

Day 5

Sat, 7 Aug 2010 | By sarahcrystal | Views [201]

Hello... Today has been a really good day! we started the day feeling really down and poorly... but we soldiered on and went to get breakfast, collected our lunch and got the bus to go to the LCC. we were hoping not to do much today because it was ... Read more >

Day 5 Friday 6th August 2010

Fri, 6 Aug 2010 | By blondeburtie123 | Views [352]

Today has been one of the 'worst' days...I woke up feeling very heavy headed and shivery. This made me feel really upset because I thought I had got better yesterday. But I soldiered on...got up, had a shower, had some breakfast (almost half asleep) ... Read more >