Hi again!

Ok so more about our homestay host; Andrew. He lives in an apartment block about a 7 minute walk from the volunteer house, it's a nice apartment, basic but clean etc and his maid Vicky also lives there. Yesterday we had a lovely meal of chicken casserole complete with chicken's neck...and after that we were supposed to meet the other volunteers but instead Andrew decided to take us on a whistlestop tour of Mombasa's bars and nightlife. We went to three bars and we went on our first tuk tuk (a three wheeled open air cab, very indian) which was hilarious and cost about 50p to the other end of Mombasa! It was a privelege to be in Andrew's company and we learnt many things about him and his country - this is why you stay in a homestay and not with the other volunteers! (not that they aren't a nice bunch!)

So we stayed out until around midnight and walked home, we felt very safe with Andrew. It was so funny to see that all of the security guards minding the banks were all fast asleep in their chairs - so much for protecting and guarding! We also had our very first conversation in Swahili with a local guy which went along the lines of:

"Hello White Person"
"Hello, my name is Katie and I am from England"
"You are welcome in Kenya"
"Thank you, good bye"

Great stuff.

This morning we woke up to a lovely breakfast of milky coffee, sweet potatoes and hard boiled eggs. Yummy, you certainly need a full stomach on the day we were about to have!

We walked to the volunteer house to meet Isiah to take us to our project. I knew it was some distance away but our journey involves the following:

Walk to junction
Matatu to ferry
Ten minute ferry crossing, of which we are the only white people
Motorbike journey of ten minutes
Short walk.

Great stuff.

So we met the kids today, did a lot of high fiving and hand shaking then did the return journey as nothing was really ready for us to start today. So we went to the bank and sat in air conditioned paradise for 20mins then walked back into the oven.

Now we're going to go find some food which won't irritate Katie's stomach and thanks for reading!

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