After two weeks of travelling around Kenya, there are about three main things we have learnt. First, how little you need to be happy. Africans have this way of life that makes you so aware of what is really important. There was a quote on the roof of a Matatu last week from Joel Osteen. It read, 'Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life.' I thought this summed it all up pretty accurately. Seco...

Another day gone! Today we realised that there is only one more week of our holiday remaining. Anne flies out on Tuesday next week and Mum, Dad, Jette and I leave next Friday. Our days have been so full that we are absolutely exhausted at night and therefore time has flown by! There is no doubt that the rest of our time in Africa will go too fast as well. This morning we were ready for a day in Nairobi National Park, with Hassan as our guide again. Nairobi Nation...

Staying in the Ngong region of Kenya provides us an experience that not many people get. A large percent of tourists stay in expensive 5-star Hotels and only go out to see the wildlife. On the contrast, when we go for a walk into town it is like walking through a really low-standard region consisting of poverty and revolting smells. This gives us a true idea of how fortunate we are in Australia. Let me start by saying that, when in Africa, it is very likely to ca...

Oh my goodness! Words cannot describe the last four days we have had! The people we have met, the cultural knowledge we have gained, the animals we have seen and just the beauties of the country have been overwhelming. On Saturday morning we were picked up by our lovely guide for the next few days, Hazan, in a 4WD Landrover. We were all very excited and had been on the road for about half an hour when a red light appeared on the dashboard. Some important thingy i...

I can't believe it's already been 3 days in Africa! For Anne, Jette and I, this is our first time here. We are all enjoying it so much! We are very appreciative that mum and dad know what they are doing because otherwise we would never find our way back home and be surviving in the wild... This morning we embarked on an 'African' 2km hike through the Ngong Hills (which means they say it's 2km, but it's actually way more). We were not prepared for 3 hours of walki...