Ok so a day in the Mara Encounter consists of: 6am: Breakfast during sunrise looking out to the bush! 6.30am: The start of the morning game drive! 10.30am: Brunch back at camp 11am till 3pm: Siesta time 3.30pm: Afternoon tea and cake 4pm: Evening game drive starts 6.30pm: Sunset drinks in the bush 7.30pm: Return to camp for showers 8pm: 'bush tv' :) drinks round camp fire 8.30pm: 3 course candle light dinner 10pm: Escorted back to tents Yes getting up at 5.45am ...

Another exciting day in Africa! We got collected from Brackenhurst cottage at 6.30am for the 5 hour drive to Masai Mara! There was a mistake with the mini bus as the driver thought there was only 7 of us going but in fact there was 9 so it was a bit of a squash! The drive wasn't the smoothest of journeys, the first two and a half hours was on tarred roads but the last part was on dirt tracks basically! It was a long journey, we were then met by our Masai Encoun...

Well it's Wednesday already, half way through my first week and still really enjoying it! Every second Wednesday is a group project day, which means all volunteers don't go to their individual work they go as a group and help the community. In the morning we went to the feeding programme which has been set up by a lady called Pat Dixon, who basically hands out food supply's to approximately 400 elderly or sick people every fortnight! Her income to be able to run...

Where do I start! It's been a really nice day, felt a bit unsure first thing in the morning but as soon as I arrived at Karuri (the health centre) I was grand! Was doing the under 5's clinic with two student nurses today, it entailed weighing babies/toddlers, figuring out what immunisations they were due, recording them and administering them! The two student nurses Mercy and Ontonio were ace fun, had such a laugh! Then as clinic was quietened down at about 12,...

Well I've arrived in Kenya!! Now why on earth am I hear again?!? I thought Africa was a warm country, it certainly isn't just now. I suppose this trip will have its up and down points, just now I've just watched Hotel Rwanda the film with 10 other house mates, yes it's a good film but certainly not the best choice for my first night in Kenya!! I'm s***ting it now hehe. Plus so cold that I'm chittering away here, I'm in bed with two pairs o socks on, my pjs, my h...