Last week was quite busy again whilst I was recovering from the trip to Nyeri. Straight away on Monday I was staying the night at Imani so I could do the class in the evening. This has become my favourite job – the children are just great and I love spending my time with them. They are all so different – some really quiet and few really cheeky :) When the kids from my class arrived home after school they all run to me to say hi and give me a hug which was quite amazing – it was actually great to see that they missed me (I hadn’t seen them since class on Wednesday the previous week).
I did the class again on Wednesday so on Thursday I could do the morning shift and have the afternoon free as I had many things planned. We went with Ena to town and met with Hope – another volunteer that used to come to Imani but now she started the university in Nairobi. We met at Java Coffee House which has become our favourite place to get a coffee and desserts :) it seems like we always have an excuse why we should go there and now even the waitresses recognise us :)
Then we went to see the elephants again – it seems like I cannot stay away from that place, have been there so many times already and still plan to go even more often as I don’t have that much time left here… I have no clue how I am going to go back to London and live this life behind…
The elephants we really cute and this time I even got a chance to feed the 3 year old rhino! Kimana is getting used to me now as well and comes close every time I visit which is great. I know most of the keepers now as well, it is now to be recognised when I go there :) We spent over an hour there and then was time to get a matatu to the Carnivore Restaurant when one of our friend (another volunteer) was performing with her boyfriend’s band. But before that we needed to walk back about 1 km to main road, change or clothes and clean ourselves up a bit from the dust… it was quite funny actually getting change in a toilet of national park and then having the guards looking at us strangely… ;)
It was a very nice evening during which we had a really nice dinner with lots of meat including crocodile and ostrich! To be completely honest I didn’t really like the crocodile meat – it was like a cross between salty chicken and fish, and quite chewy… but I had to try it :)
It was after 11pm when we left and we had to take a taxi as it is very unsafe to travel on public transport after dark, especially for 2 female “mzungus”… taxis are quite pricey in Nairobi but as we were sharing the cost it was still reasonable – and of course I bargained with the driver and managed to get slightly cheaper price :) Ena stayed the night at my host family.
On Saturday I was going to the city again – I really like Saturdays because of the maasai market :) but first I met up with Kate and Ena – at Java House of course ;) this time I was actually quite healthy and had fruit salad and strawberry juice instead of my usual cake and coffee ;) then it was time for the market – I spent over 2 hrs there and bought quite few nice things. I had t make sure I visit all my “friends” and buy sthg from there – it is quite funny that even at the market people also recognise me, but in the other hand I am there at least every 2 weeks (and I am white) so they had time to remember me :)
I met with Wilson and his family at around 3.30pm and we went to the National Park for a Safari walk – we saw a leopard, lions, a cheetah, a rhino, baby hippos, hyenas and other African animals – it was a really nice way of spending the afternoon. Then we went to see the elephants – yes, I went to see them again just 2 days after my last visit. I think kids really enjoyed it though as they had never been there before.
On the way to Wilson’s house we had a surprise stopover for dinner which was a lovely end to the day.
I stayed the night at Wilson’s house and the next morning we went to church together. But a church as I know it – it was a Baptist church and we stayed there 3 hrs… (!) I guess it was yet another experience for me :)
After lunch it was time for me to go to Kayole and do the class with the kids. I was also starting the week of night shifts which might sound quite daunting but in fact I asked to do it as it will unable me to do the classes every day. I just come in the evening, do the class, then the night shift with babies and then go home to sleep… and of course I will be working with Maria which makes it all much nicer and easier :) I wouldn’t really want to do it with anyone else…
So wish me luck – I have never worked through the night before :)
I did the class again on Wednesday so on Thursday I could do the morning shift and have the afternoon free as I had many things planned. We went with Ena to town and met with Hope – another volunteer that used to come to Imani but now she started the university in Nairobi. We met at Java Coffee House which has become our favourite place to get a coffee and desserts :) it seems like we always have an excuse why we should go there and now even the waitresses recognise us :)
Then we went to see the elephants again – it seems like I cannot stay away from that place, have been there so many times already and still plan to go even more often as I don’t have that much time left here… I have no clue how I am going to go back to London and live this life behind…
The elephants we really cute and this time I even got a chance to feed the 3 year old rhino! Kimana is getting used to me now as well and comes close every time I visit which is great. I know most of the keepers now as well, it is now to be recognised when I go there :) We spent over an hour there and then was time to get a matatu to the Carnivore Restaurant when one of our friend (another volunteer) was performing with her boyfriend’s band. But before that we needed to walk back about 1 km to main road, change or clothes and clean ourselves up a bit from the dust… it was quite funny actually getting change in a toilet of national park and then having the guards looking at us strangely… ;)It was a very nice evening during which we had a really nice dinner with lots of meat including crocodile and ostrich! To be completely honest I didn’t really like the crocodile meat – it was like a cross between salty chicken and fish, and quite chewy… but I had to try it :)
It was after 11pm when we left and we had to take a taxi as it is very unsafe to travel on public transport after dark, especially for 2 female “mzungus”… taxis are quite pricey in Nairobi but as we were sharing the cost it was still reasonable – and of course I bargained with the driver and managed to get slightly cheaper price :) Ena stayed the night at my host family.
On Saturday I was going to the city again – I really like Saturdays because of the maasai market :) but first I met up with Kate and Ena – at Java House of course ;) this time I was actually quite healthy and had fruit salad and strawberry juice instead of my usual cake and coffee ;) then it was time for the market – I spent over 2 hrs there and bought quite few nice things. I had t make sure I visit all my “friends” and buy sthg from there – it is quite funny that even at the market people also recognise me, but in the other hand I am there at least every 2 weeks (and I am white) so they had time to remember me :)
I met with Wilson and his family at around 3.30pm and we went to the National Park for a Safari walk – we saw a leopard, lions, a cheetah, a rhino, baby hippos, hyenas and other African animals – it was a really nice way of spending the afternoon. Then we went to see the elephants – yes, I went to see them again just 2 days after my last visit. I think kids really enjoyed it though as they had never been there before.
On the way to Wilson’s house we had a surprise stopover for dinner which was a lovely end to the day.
I stayed the night at Wilson’s house and the next morning we went to church together. But a church as I know it – it was a Baptist church and we stayed there 3 hrs… (!) I guess it was yet another experience for me :)
After lunch it was time for me to go to Kayole and do the class with the kids. I was also starting the week of night shifts which might sound quite daunting but in fact I asked to do it as it will unable me to do the classes every day. I just come in the evening, do the class, then the night shift with babies and then go home to sleep… and of course I will be working with Maria which makes it all much nicer and easier :) I wouldn’t really want to do it with anyone else…
So wish me luck – I have never worked through the night before :)
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