Fitness weekend I'm in an amazing location, the other side of the lake to where I stayed in 2007 when I was last in Kenya. I signed up to the fitness weekend and had no idea how I would get here but thought it would be fun and a way to meet new people. I got a quote from one of my taxi drivers - about £75, but then it is 2 hours from Nairobi and was all set to go, but then Karina the instructor sent a note out to everyone to give us instructions - so I sent a n...

I think I am busier than I was in the UK, with my social life picking up and enjoying what Nairobi has to offer. Having done two nights to the same place a couple of weeks ago, I then ended up going to the same bar/restaurant/club three nights in one week. The place, Brew Bistro not too far from my place was where Catharine and I decided to go out on our first Saturday night out - it poured with rain and we were on the terrace. Great food, cocktails and music an...

How can time have gone so quickly? But then again I feel pretty settled here and it helps with the sun is shining more. I am now reasonably busy at work and making some progress, but not in such a way that it is stressful. I could do with getting out the office a bit more but I think that will happen as I start to make appointments to visit potential licencees. I now have a housemate for a few weeks, Catharine has just joined Fairtrade Africa as the new M&E ...

It's been another week and I am now in my apartment/guesthouse. It's been a good week work wise as things are stepping up. Rachel, the marketing manager who I will be working closely with is back from her visit to Capetown and is great and very friendly. She is Kenyan, but was in Uganda for three years and says she knows what it is like to be in a new city on your own, so to just pick up the phone if I ever feel lonely - so I will have to make sure I do this. We...

Well this is a first, I am writing this on a laptop and not on my iphone and I am also writing it at my new desk rather than sat in a bar or restaurant. Yep, I'm back in the land of working, but after 17 years in one company I am now the new girl on the block - a bit of a shock. I haven't got a huge amount to do other than background reading and meeting some of the team, but I am sure it will get busier - all new roles start like this don't they? So first impres...