Where I live

I have been asked by my father to describe where I am living and the surrounding area so here goes.

I live in a one story house that has a living/dining space, a kitchen, a shower/sink room, a toilet room and three bedrooms. I share a room with Chloe, my fellow volunteer, Kelyn, Timo and Irene share a room and Njeri has the third room. The house we live in is part of the Blue Estate because there is a row of 20-30 identical houses with blue roofs. It is not an estate in the sense of a huge property with lots of houses, it is just called this because they all look the same. In front of the row of houses, there is a field of sorts that is used for cows and goats to graze, for young boys to play soccer and for the occasional “crusade”, an event where a church sets up a stand and uses it to dance and sing every night for a week (this happened last week). On the other side of the field, there are little shops including the cyber café where I write my posts. They are pretty run down and some are merely shacks. There is a main road that runs between the shops and the field that leads to Bamburi. The road is paved and is barely wide enough for two cars but often can fit two matatus and a cart full of tree trunks. There are no sidewalks so you walk along the side of the road and make sure that you are facing the cars that way it is harder for them to run you down. On the way to Calvary, the orphanage, there are lots of little fruit and vegetable shops as well as some places that sell eggs, and even some little shops that are kind of like corner stores at home. Our favorite place to stop is the juice parlor as it has really yummy passion fruit juice. Yesterday, I tried avocado juice mixed with passion juice which ended up with a thick passion juice, delicious!

Today, I am going to Haller Park with Chloe and Emma. Haller Park is a wildlife park near Mwokoeni that has giraffes, hippos, buffalo and other fun animals. We are hoping to make it in time to feed the giraffes!