Archive for Category: "kenya"
My First African Funeral
Yes, I’m wearing a fanny pack. And yes, that’s a giraffe behind me. I had never seen a giraffe before coming to Kenya. Can you believe it? Not even at a zoo. But here, where this photo was taken in Hell’s Gate National Park in Naivasha, I basically gave that giraffe a hug. I feel
Acclimating to Male Advances in Kenya
If you ever venture outside Kenya’s major cities, you will probably find yourself the object of much (mostly unwanted) male attention. I would walk down the street to choruses of “Mzungu, come greet me! I love the way you are!” and even a proposal or two
Hakuna Matata: Keeping my Cool in Kenya
Hamjambo, my friends! Over two months in Kenya, where has the time gone? If I was a Kenyan, I’d loudly exclaim “Wa-ahh!” and click my tongue in disbelief. Anyways, throughout my time here, I have been continually astonished by the blatant cultural differences between life here and in the United States
Getting Around in Kenya
Hamjambo, Pink Pangea readers. Nadine again. Or, Nadine tena, I should say. Slowly but surely, my Swahili vocabulary is expanding. Anyways, school is out for a holiday this week and I’m relieved of my teaching duties in Kakamega
Surviving Kenya: A Mzungu’s Guide to Kakamega
Karibu, Kenya! I’ve been here for about three weeks now, and it has been a journey. I have an internship at a primary school in Kakamega, a city in the Western province—and it is unlike anything I have ever seen before. It rains pretty much every day, and there is lush green landscape as far as the eye can see
