post africa feelings.

i learned a lot about america when i was in kenya. one main thing was that out of all the volunteers, the people from america were the only ones that didn’t know more than one language. a lot of people i met knew three to five languages semi fluently or they were totally fluent in

Yikes..

So you know how I said we were laying at our gate waiting to take off last night? We may or may not have fallen asleep and we may or may not have missed our flight. I woke up from my nap to find myself surrounded by empty seats. I stood up in a panic

Coming to an end

Exhaustion has officially set in. I don’t know how long it takes to fly from new York to Chicago but I gaurantee I was asleep before we even took off and didn’t wake up until I was forced to put my seat in it’s upright position. Even then, I could barely open my eyes. Now

Back in the states!

Three flights down and two to go until we land in the Detroit metro airport. It’s a surreal feeling being back in the US and I don’t think it will actually hit me until I’m outside of an airport and I see my family and friends. I was expecting movies on our last flight but

7:18am Brussels…

7:18am Brussels, local time. Today I had my final encounter with a long drop toilet. The stall I chose to go in and there it was in all of its glory. It was glistening in what I pretended was water but in reality…they’re unsanitary if you catch my drift. This one  had stairs leading up

Last Saturday

Today we had an amazing day on the beach. The tide was out so we explored the coral and the shallow waters before getting a tuktuk to a beach that has less seaweed. The wind started picking up so I was woken up from my nap by a cool chilly breeze. We got a ride

Hmm

Today we took an early day off at the special school because Sara has a rule that when teachers cane she leaves the school grounds. We decided to leave with her and went to a resort called Aquarius for lunch. We ended up going back to the school around six for a night time slideshow

time is dwindling down

Yesterday we took the morning off to go into Malindi and a big group of people ended up coming with us. We managed to shove everyone into three tuktuks while Hannah and I wanted for our buddy, Alfonce, who is a motorbike driver we met the other day. We hopped on his bike and he

Lazy Sunday

Today we woke up and didn’t do anything but lounge on the beach. It was absolutely amazing. We caught some sun with Tasha, Ana, Karissa, and for a short while, Madeline. We walked back for lunch around one when our cook, Florence, told us it would be ready. However, our gas ran out and we

merp

Before I get started, I just spent a good two minutes trying to figure out what day it is…the day and the time just don’t seem to matter much in Kenya. Yesterday we got to the special school to find the doors to the classrooms locked. All the teachers were at a conference, leaving the