Soo much seems to happen here every day...and an immense amount since my last post....I cooked dinner for 24 people (sausage and mash)...hectic, I taught by myself on Friday and a kid passed out in my lesson, hectic, and I had one of the best weekends of my life!!
We headed down to Shimoni on the south coast for the weekend, taking several forms of transport including the likoni ferry off Mombasa Island...semi-refugee-ship-esque. Shimoni was incredibly rural, we ate at a restaurant with 4 tables for around 2 pounds- amazing, and we stayed at a womans house for around 3 pounds (I am pretty sure we kicked her family out of their beds...eech). Then on Saturday morning we rose early and headed for a forest walk- boot camp- it was hot and arduous but worth it to see soem MONKEYS wooop. Then we headed back to 4 tables and over to Wasini Island- a VERY REMOTE area. This was potentially the most rural location I have ever visited. The island as a whole has no electricity or running water. We spent the afternoon learning how to cook Swahili food at a lady's house- samosa, chappatti, potato stew, coconut rice...YUM. We drank a lot of ginger tea and she dressed me up in traditional cloths that she wanted us to buy- far from flattering. We stayed at another house, which was partiually building site, watched sunset, ate our food, and watched the stars- immense! In the morning we were boated out to a tourist Dhow (boat) which took us down the coast close to Tanzania and we saw DOLPHINS- epic, they were amazing. Then we snorkelled and took the boat back to Wasini for lunch, which was served at a table gazing out across the bay. After the boat ride back we were shuffled into a bus and headed back to Mombasa. The whole weekend was once in a lifetime stuff, and I never thought I woudl experience it, but it was epic. We were so well looked after as well, with different people taking care of us throughout then handing us on to the next carer!
It was back to reality today though as I am teaching alone all week so had to get up and get planning, the kids are great though and it generally went well...although I am pretty strict. Dreading the walk in tomorrow though as it is going to be SOGGY- its essentailly monsooned all evening, and after this level of rain the slum floods, bad...they are not puddles you want to wade through!!
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