Karibu nyumbani!! I've been back in the U.S. for almost a full week now. I posted a few pictures from the last few weeks in Kenya. It's good to be back eating ice cream and taking hot showers! :)

I just returned last night from a little Kenyan adventure that took me from the Coast to the Rift Valley to Lake Victoria in one week's time.It was a busy week of traveling but a lot of fun.I was on the Coast from May 3rd to the 7th with a friend who has since left for Europe.We spent the first 3 days at a place called Tiwi Beach south of Mombasa.One day we traveled to Shimoni about an hour and a half further south of Tiwi Beach (almost to the Tanzanian border) o...

I am back in Nairobi!Saying good bye to Nkubu was very sad and I had to stop by everybody's houses to say good bye individual which of course means tea, so I had enough to last me for a few months.I met some really quality people that I will miss a lot and have also become an excessive hand shaker, so be ready for that.I will also miss my host sister Brenda's sweet dance moves, but I'm happy to be back and stared at a little less.It was funny because I took a mat...

Nkubu has been treating me well.I will be here for another week and a half before I leave to go back to Nairobi for final exams and term papers.It will be a fun week in Nairobi since I have three, 15 page papers due before the programs end date on May 3rd and definitely have not gotten very far with them here with limited computer access.I will be wrapping my time here with a trip to the coast during the first week of May and then most likely going to Hell's Gate...

I just returned from a weekend of climbing Mt. Kenya with my friends Lily and Emily. It was AWESOME to say the least!! We started from Naro Moru on Friday afternoon and spent the night at 10,000 ft. after around 4 hours of hiking (up hill). It reached below freezing that night so we knew we were in for a treat the next night. Please don't make fun...I know below 32 degrees doesn't seem bad to all of you but for somebody who's been in Kenya for the past two mon...