so. the parentals arrived. we had a fun couple days in nairobi. they experiencd the joy of kenyan family life. we said goodbye. i was sad. correction. i still am sad. i miss my host family like crazy already. i stayed in a nice hotel. i took a shower. i think the whole idea of that much water coming at me at once kinda threw me off guard a bit. but the good news is i got rid of the bed bugs. and am starting to look like a real person again. its weird. being back ...

Happy kenyan independance day. well...it was yesterday but kenyans love a good holiday so they took monday off too! so there will be lots of drinks and celebration today. wow. its my last real day in nairobi. i mean. i'll be here until thursday..but once the parentals arrive it will all be different. no more living life on the edge. gotta make sure mom and dad make it to tanzania in one peice. so here i sit. sipping my latte. using the internet at prestige (my ...

well. it's starting to hit me that it is all coming to an end. I took the train out last night from Nairobi and am now back in Mombasa in some warm weather. Its weird being back here after growing so used to nairobi again. It has been great to be home with my mom in nairobi and am so thankful at how wonderful she has been while i ahve been under the weather. yesterday she came home from work early to cook me a send off dinner and take me to the railway station wi...

aannnnddd then i got bilharzia. i think ever since i have gotten back from kampala i haven't been feeling so hot. in fact. i've been feeling slightly narcoleptic. and coughing. and its just kinda werid. and kinda looks the the beginning of bilharzia (look it up online...its pretty sweet). i may just be paranoid. but in either case. i haven't been feeling my best. on the upside. my host mom is amazing and i have been taken care of very well. lots of sleep and bon...

welp. back in nairobi feeling a bit like death. and by death i mean i have a cold and i'm being dramatic. but seriously. no me gusta being sick. i guess this is my bodies way of saying stop travelling all over this continent on buses (atleast that's what I like to think). so. i'm not taking anymore. i flew back to nairobi from kampala this morning. i'm taking the next train out to mombasa (i should probably figure that out sometime soon). then taking the train ba...