Hells Gate

Well I have some horrible news.  I came back to my site to discover that my computer is broken.  I have no idea what happened to it.  It was working fine before I left.  I am hopeful that it can be fixed but until then my posts will be even more infrequent as well as my emails.  And no more aim chats for a while.

I just return from an eventful journey.  I headed to Nairobi for Thanksgiving with friends.  After Thanksgiving I went to Hell’s Gate with some new volunteers and Mr. Thomas.  It was a pretty good time.  The trip started out miserably as it was constantly raining and cold.  But the second day was perfect.  We rented some bikes and biked through the bike.  As expected, the bikes weren’t that great it was worth it though because it was pretty awesome to be biking alongside zebras, giraffes, warthogs, buffalos, and more.   It was nice to get my ‘biking fix’ in.  Its been too long.  Halfway through our ride we took a tour of a gorge.  It was like being in a small canyon.  It was nice to get off the bikes for a while and do some hiking.

After Hell’s Gate I returned to Nairobi for my mid service medical exam.  After being poked and prodded I’ve been deemed fit to continue on with my Peace Corps service.  The appointments themselves went fairly quickly so the majority of my time was spent lounging around the Peace Corps office with the rest of the education volunteers from my group.

While in Nairobi we hit up some of the nicer dining establishments.   One night we ate indian food, another night we had some delicious sushi.  The night after Thanksgiving Tom and I went to a favorite Ethiopian restaurant among volunteers.  We ordered a ton of food and stuff ourselves for a good hour.  I don’t think I’ve even been so full.

After being in Nairobi for medical exams for a few days I headed to Lake Nakuru with fellow deaf ed volunteers Charlotte and Erin.  I’ve been low on funds after traveling around so much lately but I’ve heard such good things about Nakuru that I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to go there.  It lived up to my expectations.  Since the park surrounded a lake, there was abundant wildlife.  We tried to find some lions and jaguars but unfortunatly we did not.  Hopefully when my dad comes in a few weeks I will finally see a lion while on safari.

This weekend I head back to beautiful Loitokitok to help out with training again.  I’m not sure what I’ll do after that maybe come back here and spend Christmas with my neighbors or join up with some other friends on the coast.  In the meantime, I’ve been cleaning up my house and preparing for my dad’s arrival.  Only about three more weeks and I’ll finally have a visitor!