So I successfully arrived in Kenya. I am staying with Nick and Dave, friends from Bristol on a farm very near to the Massi Mara conservancy and have made it here with the help of Nick's very accommodating and kind extended family.
I've only been at the farm three days but have done a fair bit. We visited the local school in Emarti and were immediately directed to different classes to take lessons. I taught maths and english, I'm unsure of how much the kids actually understood of my english but they seemed to get the hang of hangman by the end.
I've also done some mapping (a project of Nick and Daves) which brings me nicely to the newest addition to my skill set...I have learned to ride a 125cc motorbike, clutch and gears and all. Seen zebra, baboons, and antelope so far whilst cruising around the conservancy from booma (house) to booma drinking lots of chai and eating lots of ugali (sort of stodgy plain porridge, staple of the massi diet).
Thats it for now, I promise I will get better at summarizing and writing slightly less. If it makes you feel any better it's the rainy season so there have been some huge showers but the heat seems to evaporate it all pretty quickly.
