Just realised this is my last entry! Had a busy couple of weeks after returning from safari. Said goodbye to my Aussie housemate and was joined by two Swedish nurses, who are also working at the hospital, and it's been quite nice showing them around a bit. As one of the longest standing volunteers, it's also been a bit odd teaching the others some Swahili and showing them how everything here works. It's amazing how much you can pick up without realising! Due to ...

Hi again! So what with only 2 1/2 weeks to go now (!!) time is definitely speeding up and I'm suddenly finding I don't have nearly as much time as I thought to do all the things I've been planning to do... Still, made a good start over the weekend with a 3 day camping safari to Tarangire, the famous Ngorongoro crater and Lake Manyara. Saw so many animals (except a leopard) and had some amazing close up experiences with elephants - was truly amazing. It was four o...

Hi again! Sorry for the slightly irregular intervals between entries, but just spent a very busy week with H, Mum and Granny out safariing on horseback around Kilimanjaro. It seems slightly pointless describing it in great detail seeing as I know you're the ones most likely to read this (!) but suffice to say, it was fantastic fun, lovely to see them, beautiful landscapes, amazing amimals (particularly the giraffes I thought) and I even managed to stay on the hor...

Jambo! So had a really interesting time last week in the hospital working in the outpatients bit of antenatal care seeing lots of really interesting, but not always so pleasant, medicine. I was originally a bit worried about the monotony of being in the same department all week, but it actually worked in my favour as by the end of the week I was getting far more involved than I can even begin to imagine in England. The nurse/doctor/not-sure-which had me taking bl...

Hello from Africa! I can't quite believe that I was still in Australia just over a week ago, but several hours spent in the air or in the airport (I counted 31 in total), and I'm now settling into my eight week project in Arusha. The area up here is beautiful. I'm living with a few other volunteers, our coordinator and a cook in a small house a little out of town with fantastic views of Mt Meru out the back and surrounded by mud huts, chickens, and small children...