welp. back in nairobi feeling a bit like death. and by death i mean i have a cold and i'm being dramatic. but seriously. no me gusta being sick. i guess this is my bodies way of saying stop travelling all over this continent on buses (atleast that's what I like to think). so. i'm not taking anymore. i flew back to nairobi from kampala this morning. i'm taking the next train out to mombasa (i should probably figure that out sometime soon). then taking the train ba...

welp. i'm back in uganda now. travelling all on my own now. its really refreshing but kind of lonely. so i suppose i have lots of updates. Kigali was an amazing city. it is really cool to see how rwanda has put its aid money to really good use. it just seems so much more safe and developed than the other countries i have been in. i said goodbye to mollie on thursday and the boys and i headed up to ruyengari which is the volvanos that are at the border of the con...

welp. i'm in kigali now, the capitol of Rwanda. Uganda was great....kampala kinda sucked but we made it safe and sound to rwanda yesterday. this morning we went to the genocide memorial which caused me to shed a few tears to say the least. totally sobering. i felt sick to my stomach. kigali is such a beautiful city and everywhere i walk i have to force myself to picture the entire city being killed, because that is what happened. its just really hard to beleive t...

whew. it have been a whirlwind couple of days. we ended up leaving a day late for nakuru because mollie wasn't feeling well, but all worked out. on tuesday we left for nakuru...good lord it was a journey. schools in kenya had just opened again so all the secondary kids were leaving for baording school (most kids board for schooling) so it was a battle to get a matatu out of nairobi. after waiting 4 hours in the blazing sun i had an awesome farmers tan and we were...

OK. so i know i said i was leaving for western kenya today. i lied. this whole being unproductive thing and drinking beer instead has gotten the best of me. in good news though...my papers are all done now! i just have to go back and edit and do bibliographies...then tomorrow i will be on my way. i have to pack all my dirty clothes..none are really clean right now...and then there is nothing between me and Nakuru. i'm going to be honest. i'm a little sad to be l...