Tomorrow I will be leaving for Uganda. The only way to get there safely right now is by air so I will be flying out tomorrow afternoon after our morning session classes. Reason for going to Uganda: rafting the Nile. Thursday night will be spent in Kampala while Friday will be spent rafting near Jinja. The onsite staff was more than willing to let us travel here...out of the country. The talks are not going well although the mass action which was scheduled f...

While Masai Mara was not in the cards last weekend, I still had an excellent time. I would have to rate it as at least one of my top 3 weekends ever! We left Friday afternoon and headed to Naro Moro (closest town to the base of Mt. Kenya) and met up with a Mau mau rebel who was around 70 years old (he couldn't remember his exact age). He was a freedom fighter in Kenya's fight for independence from the British over 50 years ago. He hasn't cut his hair since. I inc...

So the safari to Masai Mara is still up in the air. We are waiting to hear back from Minnesota to see if they will allow us to go since it is into the west. They are suppose to be emailing tonight to give the final word. If not we will still be leaving tomorrow afternoon to go to a different area that is apparently safer near Mt. Kenya. Regardless, tomorrow I will be leaving to go on a much needed Kenyan safari. Along with Masai Mara, the peace talks are st...

Jambo! So the safari at Masai Mara was canceled this weekend because they thought Kofi Annan would make his announcement Friday or Saturday. The "deadline" (which has been bumped back way too many times) is now scheduled for sometime next week....which means the safari will probably get bumped back as well. Bush is in Africa right now but skipping over Kenya...he was still able to put in an enlightening message which was found on the front page of news...

No announcement from Kofi Annan yet. Yesterday on the news they said that Kibaki and Odinga would leave Nairobi for the next day or 2 for a media blackout while they make the final arrangements for their solution to the political crisis. As of now we are still going on our safari at Masaii Mara this weekend, but that could change depending on how people react to Kofi Annan's announcement later this week. Some of you have been asking about school...and yes, I...