Sorry we haven't updated this for a while. We've been busy!Last weekend we went to Ngong racecourse. There was a craft fair there. It was quite surreal because it was like being in England. A lot of the stalls were even run by posh English people! We only bought stuff from African stalls though out of principle! The racing was good fun, we were betting tiny amounts and won on 1 race. The language barrier meant we messed up some of the betting.On Tuesday we went o...

We have just got back from a three day safari to the Maasia Mara! We left on sunday morning, and drove for 5 hours on some of the bumpiest roads known to man. On Engligh roads it would probally have only taken about 2 hours. We arrived at our campsite, dumped our stuff, and went for our first game drive. The roof of the van we went in lifts up, so we can stand up and look out. We have quite an eventful 2 hours and managed to see elephants, giraffes, lions, a ch...

Hey everyone! This week, we have been supervising the children's exams from Wed to Fri. The system is pretty disorganised! There is lots of mistakes in the exams, we felt sorry for the kids because a lot of questions didn't make sense. The English one was especially error-strewn and a lot of the teachers don't speak good English, which is a bit of a problem when they are coming up with the marking scheme! One question in a maths exam was "How much does a He...

There are 5 other volunteers at the home from America and Canada. This weekend we went with them to Lake Nuirvasha. Its up in the Rift Valley, and is hotter and dryer than in Ngong. We stayed in dormitories by the lake, in a very european tourist place. It felt like we could have been in England and one girl in the restaurant even had an Exeter Uni jumper on! On saturday night we saw a hippo and heard some others. It came up really close to the restaurant, they a...

There are 5 other volunteers at the home from America and Canada. This weekend we went with them to Lake Nuirvasha. Its up in the Rift Valley, and is hotter and dryer than in Ngong. We stayed in dormitories by the lake, in a very european tourist place. It felt like we could have been in England and one girl in the restaurant even had an Exeter Uni jumper on! On saturday night we saw a hippo and heard some others. It came up really close to the restaurant, they a...