Kenya - Weekends

WAIT! This blog isn't as long as the last one, promise! We've just finished up in Ethiopia (which we'll write about soon) but, we thought a few photo's from our weekend expeditions in Kenya would suffice for now.

As mentioned previously, we did plenty of exciting things in Kenya during our weekends including Masai Mara National Park, Nakuru Game Reserve, and a visit to Mombassa and the island of Lamu - There's not a great deal of explaining needed here...

Kenya - IDP Camp Pt 1

Jambo!

Firstly, apologies for this delayed posting – Ren and I have finished our volunteer placement at the IDP Camp and have been enjoying some relaxation time at the beach in Mombassa. Because we haven’t written in quite some time, we’ve broken down our IDP Camp experience in to the sections below – We hope you can make it all the way through to the end (That’s where all the good photo’s are)!

1. Introduction/Arriving at the IDP Camp



After an in-depth volunteer training and induction program (visiting an animal orphanage and hugging a doped up cheetah), we left the comfort of Nairobi with our co-volunteer Carol (65, USA) to head off to our placement – The Ebenezer A Internally Displaced Persons Camp in Kikopey. From the main highway we could see the flapping canvases of the ripped UN tents and groups of camps across the Rift Valley - what had we got ourselves into?

Kenya IDP Camp - Pt 2

4. The Kids



What can you say about these kids except they are the most lovable, starved for affection kids you could ever encounter? They are also probably some of the roughest kids you could ever meet because they are completely left to their own devices as soon as an older sibling is able to carry them around on their backs.

Tanzania - Part 2 - The highs and lows...

From our little 'holiday' style break on Zanzibar we headed north to Tanzania's 'adventure gateway'. After a long journey by bus, ferry and then another mega 10 hour bus we finally arrived in the beautiful Arusha, where we were met with
cooler, more tolerable weather - hooray! Surprisingly, we bumped into two
lovely Aussie girls Fleur and Jess - one who we know from home - and
went out for a mega BBQ feast... we were loving Arusha already!! The girls
also happened to be heading out on the same Northern Safari circuit- Yay, some
friends!