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The Traveling Banana: December 2009
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Saturday, December 19, 2009. There isn't too much to report on. Life in the village has been pretty good. We've had fun walking around and getting to meet the locals. Joyce made us guacamole last night and it was just as good as when we made it a few nights ago. mmm. On monday we will leave for Lake Naivasha where we will spend 2 nights relaxing and checking out Hell's Gate. I'm looking forward to the bikes we get to ride while we are there. We will be joined by yet another of Austin and Sarah's ...The w...
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The Traveling Banana: November 2009
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Monday, November 30, 2009. My next trip is taking me to Kenya and "Jambo" is how you say "Hello" in Swahili. My 4 week adventure starts tomorrow, December 1st, and will bring me back home on the 29th. I've had great resources to talk to when it came to trip preparations. Three of my friends went this past summer on a trip with a similar itinerary, their advice has been invaluable and I want to give a shout out to Miss Megan Hershiser for being awesome and answering all my questions. Mzungu Jill in Africa!
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The Traveling Banana: Chipatos
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Thursday, December 17, 2009. The next few days are pretty loose. Hopefully they involve a ride to Thompson Falls to check out a waterfall and another trip to the city to check our email and shop in the market. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Mzungu Jill in Africa! Peace Corps Journals / all countries / all updates. Last day in Lamu. Donkey Down and Camel Back. View my complete profile.
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The Traveling Banana: Donkey Down and Camel Back
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009. Donkey Down and Camel Back. This is how we would like to get to the beach.or it was until our friend Kirk "rented" a donkey. Basically he took his donkey driving test, got yelled at by a british woman, the donkey bucked and his ride was over. We have seen camel's at the beach and would really like to ride them, but the locals aren't really feeling it. What can you do? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Mzungu Jill in Africa! Peace Corps Journals / all countries / all updates.
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The Traveling Banana: Go Team!
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Thursday, December 3, 2009. One of our themes for the trip is figuring out our Team name for the day. This is after we ran into Team Family and Team Super Family. Two families (one a family of 4 and one a family of 9! These families are packing up and moving to Kenya.not sure why, but we were happy that we were traveling solo and not with babies. Yesterday were Team One More Time, Team No, We're Not Having Children, and right now we are Team Damp.it's pouring here. Kwaheri (goodbye in Swahili). Donkey Do...
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The Traveling Banana: Village Life
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009. So much has happened in the last few days and I don't think I have time to write it all down. We are on a tight schedule. We left the village later than expected to catch a mutatu to Nyahururu. We still have to get to the market and try to get home before dark. The drive from lamu was long, but really great. We saw girraffes, baboons, and zebras.all just hanging on the side of the road. We won't even be on safari for another 8 days! We've been having a lot of fun with each oth...
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The Traveling Banana: October 2009
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Sunday, October 4, 2009. That is "goodbye" in Serbian. This will be my last post from Beograd. My baka and I leave on Tuesday afternoon and I'm not looking forward to it. I have been crossing my fingers that she changes her mind and extends the trip, but I don't think that is going to happen. After having 2 iced Nescafes we continuted walking for a bit, had some lunch and, according to Ana, had "Novi Sad's best ice cream. We then got in the car and headed to Sremski Karlovici. I really wish this trip did...
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The Traveling Banana: Scooby!
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Saturday, December 19, 2009. There isn't too much to report on. Life in the village has been pretty good. We've had fun walking around and getting to meet the locals. Joyce made us guacamole last night and it was just as good as when we made it a few nights ago. mmm. On monday we will leave for Lake Naivasha where we will spend 2 nights relaxing and checking out Hell's Gate. I'm looking forward to the bikes we get to ride while we are there. We will be joined by yet another of Austin and Sarah's ...The w...
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The Traveling Banana: Last day in Lamu
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009. Last day in Lamu. We will arrive on Kenyan Independence Day. It will also be the "Coming into Manhood" ceremony for one of Issac's sons. I'm really looking forward to friday the 12th. We are going to spend the afternoon at the beach and I will hopefully ride a camel. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Mzungu Jill in Africa! Peace Corps Journals / all countries / all updates. Last day in Lamu. Donkey Down and Camel Back. View my complete profile.
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The Traveling Banana: Island Life
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Saturday, December 5, 2009. After about 16 hours in two different busses and a boat ride, we made it to Lamu! I'll get to the island in a bit, but I want to give a play by play account of our last few days. And their Peace Corps friends, Bryan and Kirk.all serving the PC in Malawi. The first 4 hours of the ride were on a semi-paved road, the last 3 were on a road that was not paved at all. Imagine riding a school bus on the bumpiest road you've ever been on.now imagine riding that HOT bus for 3 h...The l...
