Sights and Sounds of Africa

It’s been a while since my last blog, which i have a legitimate excuse, i had a lovely bout of gastro which took me a few days to get over, that and internet access is’nt exactly in every grass hut you come by.

SInce my last blog ‘ve built a plaground at an orphanage, and moved to a place called rangi and been laying bricks ever since, for a kitchen. The lifestyle has been like one big camping trip, with everyone taking turns at cooking, running round in the dark with kero lanterns and fighting off insects left, right and centre.

During our first project, the playground, it was more of a break in to projects, not too hard, bit more spare time. But this project is all out, work like a dog during the day and hit the bed hard.

One thing about Africa is the unending supply of cold, glass bottled coke, it’s everywhere, like out in the villages where you have chickens and donkeys running round and you buy rice off the side of the street, theres always a coke stand nearby!

Man today was awesome, me and one of the other team members (Nic) came into the town, to get here we caught a 40 minute motorbike ride through some of the best scenery EVER. Get’s the adrenaline rushing whizzing past great green mountains in the distance or neverending rolling hills of yellowing maize fields (maize is like really tough corn, the staple food for most people).

Some of the views from the mountains over the surrounding area are breathtaking, fields flowing forth like a river from horizon to horizon, green hills rolling back and forth over the winding dusty roads, spotted and flecked with small mud tin or thatch roof huts poking out of the herds of banana tree’s.

It would take me hour’s to put it into words that would do justice.

We’ll im still alive and running amok but i must finish up soon as we have shopping to do, rice appears to be coming forth as our main diet mixed with meals of pasta and the odd attempt to mash chickpeas.

One thing i have to say for Kenyan food, it’s brilliant, extremely simple and somewhat repetitive if eaten everyday but it’s good and filling, I’ll write you an essay on it later.

I’ll write a bigger blog in about two weeks, much love to all and keep sending prayers and wishes.

-josh