Busy day! Karen (the woman who facilitates are
trip) unfortunately needs to go home early.
This means that all the set up and planning we were to do this week is
condensed into tomorrow and Monday. Today as so many new things, The way things
are run in Kenya are very different everyone moves at a different pace and we
are late a lot!
I am feeling comfortable and safe in Eldoret for
the most part .Our hosue is cute and sun and grounds are beautiful. Once it is
night though everything feels very different so we are always driven around for
that part. It is hard to understand what Kenyans mean sometimes but not with
their words, they mostly speak very good English, but with their intention. We
had a lot of fun today though, slightly giggly and delirious from the
heat and the nice beer we had in a place called Poa place, the Kenyan beer was
very good. I am trying lots of new foods, the fruit is absolutely fantastic! We
went for dinner at Beatrice's place (she is one of the co-owners of the house
in which we are staying and also owns a school). We had all kinds of food the
most interesting being mashed cooked bananas that looked like mash potatoes (so
good) and pumpkin leaves (also surprisingly tasty). I also tried Chai tea,
although Chai in Swahili is
tea so that makes it tea tea.
We met some students from the university Wildlife
club, they seem very nice and so welcoming. They all want to take photos with
us. Trying to try everything, I have been eating the food without fear and even had
fish tonight, you can not worry about such things. You just live your life
because that is all you can do here. Everyone is outside all the time because inside
is a small house constructed of metal sheets and other bits and bobs. The
children are adorable, they come running up to great you admittably probably
because they think you have something for them but they are poliete and sweet
and smile so big when you give them attention, I cant wait for school to start
to meet more of them. When we drive past people you can see them look
they call us mzungus which means white people but in a term that is simply an
observation not an insult or slur. Man I need to sleep.
Goodnight world, and beautiful Kenyan stars.
Sophie
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