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The End is the Beginning - 09/May/2012 07:58 - 4376 days ago
This blog is turning into a terrible death scene in one of those Old Westerns, we've been shot, its all over but we'll cough and...
So long and thanks for all the fish! - 19/Apr/2012 14:55 - 4396 days ago
I almost thought my previous blog post would be my last but I couldn't go without a final word on the biggest topic of all: Keny...
Closure - 05/Apr/2012 07:25 - 4410 days ago
Last week I finished my VSO placement. It’s a strange feeling, not least because it’s been more of a whimper than a bang: a ...
Conferencing - 13/Mar/2012 11:54 - 4433 days ago
We've recently been to a couple of conferences that in some way (large or small) we helped bring to fruition. They were very dif...
If you can't climb it, run it - 02/Mar/2012 11:10 - 4444 days ago
My running buddy Dan Jones has already beaten me and blogged aboutour marathon day here, so as you can read a blow by blow accou...
Cash is not profit - 10/Feb/2012 14:24 - 4465 days ago
There's this thing I keep saying to other volunteers and it has become a bit of a mantra for when patience starts waning:"If it ...
Sonko vs. Fox - 06/Feb/2012 06:59 - 4469 days ago
Kenyan MPs are the best paid in the world: with salaries totalling around£84,000 a year they get £250 a day just for turning u...
Culture, innit - 01/Feb/2012 07:49 - 4474 days ago
We posted a little while ago aboutmusic in Kenyaand also about the daily auditory assault that isClassic FM(favourite advert of ...
Marathon Man - 25/Jan/2012 11:35 - 4481 days ago
So, I am running a marathon. And by running I mean the vaguest amount of forward movement that might be considered running. The ...
Randomation - 16/Jan/2012 15:05 - 4490 days ago
I have now lived in Kenya for over a year. So what is my overwhelming emotion? How do I mostly feel every day? Ground down by th...
Having ourselves an Ethiopian Christmas - 06/Jan/2012 13:06 - 4500 days ago
Thirteen months in the year, 233 letters in the alphabet and apparently it was 2004. Yep, we were in Ethiopia alright. In fact I...
Krismasi Njema! - 16/Dec/2011 07:31 - 4521 days ago
Our second Christmas in Kenya is a little unexpected: we'd originally planned to be home around now but with Ed's contract still...
Breathless nights and four in a bed - must be 'Carry on Climbing Mount Kenya' - 01/Dec/2011 16:07 - 4536 days ago
Just a reminder that we are hoping to raise some money for our organisation,KAIH, through our climb of Mount Kenya. It isn't too...
Mount Kenya - 16/Nov/2011 15:04 - 4551 days ago
Eddie and I have, in our wisdom, decided to climb Mount Kenya next week. At 5199 metres it is the second highest mountain in Afr...
Maasai lands - 24/Oct/2011 12:44 - 4574 days ago
For anyone short on time, this blog post can be summed up as: "the Maasai people are flipping awesome". Those who prefer rather ...
What would Don Draper do? - 14/Oct/2011 05:26 - 4584 days ago
The average Kenyan high street can hardly be described as an architectural wonder. In fact the main wonder is how the buildings ...
In the kitchen with Eddie - 10/Oct/2011 05:31 - 4588 days ago
I'm no Gordon Ramsay but I look sharp in an apron!Last week Allys let slip that I enjoy cooking which, because cooking is not a ...
Unintended Consequences - 05/Oct/2011 08:58 - 4593 days ago
Morebad news for the tourist industry in Kenyathis week and once again in Lamu; in fact this latest kidnapping took place on Man...
Horny melons - 01/Oct/2011 13:50 - 4597 days ago
Sorry, couldn't resist that title (in fact I'm hoping it will give our stats a boost). Some readers may be disappointed to find ...
Aurelia's friend: Emmanuel - 28/Sep/2011 09:19 - 4600 days ago
Our friend and fellow volunteer Aurelia has written an excellent blog about her efforts to help her friend and swahili teacher, ...
God and cold spaghetti - 18/Sep/2011 11:05 - 4610 days ago
Last week the moment I had been dreading for months finally arrived: a colleague asked me, "are you religious?". Heart sink.I ha...
When sorrows come... - 13/Sep/2011 06:14 - 4615 days ago
...they come not single spies, but inbattalions. It's been a bad week for Kenya.First theBritish couple on holidayNorth ofLamuat...
Maasai Mara - 31/Aug/2011 12:15 - 4628 days ago
Anyone who has ever watched a David Attenborough documentary or taken even a passing interest in the natural world must have hea...
Waiting for Kenyans - 23/Aug/2011 05:14 - 4636 days ago
One of the qualities you are selected on as a VSO volunteer is flexibility, andAllys and I can both attest that ours has beensor...
Radio Radio - 19/Aug/2011 09:55 - 4640 days ago
We've talked a little bit aboutmusicin Kenya but there's plenty to be said about radio stations too. BBC World Service broadcast...
The Working Week - 16/Aug/2011 06:22 - 4643 days ago
Back in Nairobi, back in our little flat in South B, Allys and I are now commuting in to work together and working in the same o...
Goodbyes&Hellos - 10/Aug/2011 06:25 - 4649 days ago
In the last couple of weeks we have been saying goodbye to a few volunteers who have come to the end of their placements. And wh...
A letter to Bristol - 03/Aug/2011 10:28 - 4656 days ago
Last week Ed and I traveled to the small town ofMukurwe-ini, Nyeri County, in Kenya's Central Highlands, to deliver training to ...
Habari ya maisha? - 20/Jul/2011 10:56 - 4670 days ago
Ninaendelea kusoma Kiswahili na ninajaribu kukariri.That I means 'I am going on studying Kiswahili and I try to practise.' Well,...
Geeks rock - 17/Jul/2011 09:39 - 4673 days ago
One key element of my work for KAIH is improving their website. Now, like most PR people I enjoy using terms like "web 2.0" and ...
Intermission - 14/Jul/2011 09:58 - 4676 days ago
The author kindly suggests that you read this post listening tothis,thisorthisTwo months ago, I landed back in blighty: tired, s...
Awesome Amboseli - 23/Jun/2011 14:00 - 4697 days ago
A couple of weeks ago I visited Amboseli national park. Located on the border with Tanzania, it has stunning views of Kilimanjar...
Blog posts I wish I'd written - 20/Jun/2011 05:33 - 4700 days ago
One of the occasional frustrations of working with NGOs is watching several organisations all do the same work, from different f...
Green and Pleasant Land - 15/Jun/2011 14:30 - 4705 days ago
Coming from an island where "summer" ranges from drizzle to light rain in a good year, I am a self-confessed sun junkie. The fai...
Working, nine to five (in between going on holiday) - 14/Jun/2011 14:00 - 4706 days ago
This may be a seriously unflattering photo (spot the hot, sweaty mzungu who doesn't own an iron), but I have set vanity aside an...
Lies, damned lies and... - 09/Jun/2011 17:00 - 4711 days ago
Statistics. With astatisticianfather (and a massive crush onBen Goldacre), I am nervous of publishing this blog post. On the oth...
Diamantes and development - 27/May/2011 21:00 - 4724 days ago
I recently bought a new dress. Now, when I say new, what I really mean is a some westerner's cast-off, sent to a charity shop or...
Il Ngwesi - 18/May/2011 17:21 - 4733 days ago
Last weekend I visitedIl Ngwesi, aMaasaicommunity project in Laikipia. It’s a remote eco-lodge tucked into a corner of Maasai ...
White people everywhere - 18/May/2011 07:35 - 4733 days ago
I'd like to apologise in advance for the length of this blog post: I couldn't find an easy way to write it, so please bear with ...
Nairobi Stinks - 06/May/2011 13:52 - 4745 days ago
We've told you about the sights andeven the soundsof Nairobi, so to complete the trio here's my top ten smells (by which I mean ...
Lamu - 28/Apr/2011 06:03 - 4753 days ago
Be warned, this post may spark envy. I am already envious of my past-self who is forever enjoying Lamu.The Lamu archipelago, a c...
Kuku on matatu - 22/Apr/2011 07:00 - 4759 days ago
Sometimes I don’t think people believe us when we talk about public transport here:That guy is strapping liv...
Operation: Plunder Hell - 19/Apr/2011 07:00 - 4762 days ago
Coming from a largely secular world, the religiosity of Kenya can take you aback; people will, on being introduced to you, asked...
3 + 2 = 32 - 15/Apr/2011 13:07 - 4766 days ago
3+2=32 To understand this you have to adjust your thinking, it’s a reminder that you cannot come to Kenya and always maintain ...
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