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Danielle goes to Africa

Orientation

KENYA | Thursday, 16 May 2013 | Views [376] | Comments [1]

Struggle of the day: apparently I didnt bring my bath towel...woops! It's ok though I haven't been able to shower yet since being here...but on the bright side I just purchased a fine Kenyan towel! Phew...crisis avoided. 

Today we had orientation where we learned more ahout Kenya and its history. Fun fact: there are 42 tribes in Kenya and everyone is part of one...thus there are 42 different languages. I swesr, everyonr I meet here speaks over three languages; it amazes me. We also learned about all the activities wr can do outside of our program work. In case you were wondering...my lifetime dream will come true when I embark on a three day safari...I'm surprised I'm waiting so long! I'm also signed up for an outreaxh weekend which is just a few more days of taveling around parts of Kenya...biking through Hell's gate...visiting Masaii land, sounds retty darn incredible to me! It's safe to say today was a productive day of planning and spending some money BUT I justify it because how often does one really come to Africa?! Anyways I am excited to go to my project tomorrow even though there is a whoping total of four students at the disability school...two of which don't go often but I'll take what I can get! 

One last fun fact: There is a KFC right next to our house...they kmow Americans well.

After my official full day in Kenya I can say Africa is a beautiful place that scares the heck out ofe but in the best of ways.

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Love it!! Isn't the language thing incredible??!!? When you think how hard we work to learn ONE other language!

Also, in Abu Dhabi, my address was "Hamdan KFC".... Hamdan Street, right above the KFC. ;) Apparently Colonel Sanders follows the Dawsons.

Love you! HAVE FUN!

  Hannorah May 19, 2013 11:48 AM

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