Afternoon all! Kenya is still keeping me busy and, so far, out of trouble. Plenty to talk about again this week, so I will dive in and leave your weekly Swahili lesson til the end. So on Monday, we were straight back to work, in the Forest this time. This pleased me for 3 reasons. Firstly, it is cooler in the forest with the shade of the canopy. Secondly, it is a remarkably nice forest, inexplicably better than a bog standard boring, british forest. I think it h...

Habari! That is slightly more authentic Swahili for 'how are you' to which one usually replies 'mzuri'. This week is a little less exciting than last week but there is plenty to talk about nontheless. I believe I promised a bit more about the home stays; I am staying with three other guys (Nathan, Fraser and Luke) in a home about 30 minutes or so walk from the church project site. The walk is usually tiring as it involves hills and rough terrain as well as equat...

Jambo! thats foreigner Swahili for hello, apparently if one says this they are instantly recognisable as a tourist. This has not worried us too much, its fairly obvious anyway. So, its been a while since I was sitting on my sofa with the fear, about to begin a journey south, to below the equator. This, is in fact, my first in country blog! There is an awful lot to tell. I will try not to miss too much out. We first of all got picked up at the airport by the adv...

Hello, my first blog thing, then, excellent. I am currently sitting in my living room in Nottingham with the fear. I am pretty certain I will remember what crucial thing I have forgotton to pack the second I step off the coach at Heathrow. Not to worry. I am pretty anxious but mainly excited. I actually set off for the coach station in about half an hour so this first instalment will have to be brief. The next 48 hours will be pretty roller coaster, Hopefully I ...