Nairobi, June 2-11 The guest house where we are staying is just past the bend on a private street. It is a beautiful old house, a relic of England’s colonial stay here in Kenya: gabled and tiled roof, mullioned windows, gardens blooming and old trees bending over the lawn.The yard itself is framed with very […]
Read moreWeaving Tuesday, June 05, 2007 We had our choice today at Beacon of Hope. We could work with the children; we could work in the clinic; we could work with the women who weave.Beacon has always meant “weaving” to me. That was the first thing I knew of Beacon of Hope: women infected and affected […]
Read moreAll Week, Musmark Guest House, Nairobi Pour bottled water over the toothbrush. Add toothpaste. Brush. Spit. Rinse toothbrush and mouth with more bottled water. Brush again. Spit again. Rinse toothbrush with tap water, mouth with bottled water, place toothbrush in cup on sink. The toothbrush will dry in the open air. This, and the length […]
Read moreWe’ve only just recently heard the news of the bomb blast in city center in Nairobi this morning. We were leaving the city at the time of the blast, wondering about all the traffic…. Perhaps this morning’s incident added to the congestion. In case you are concerned, we are now in Tanzania. We spent the […]
Read moreJune 2, 2007 Nairobi Airport We sleep most of the way to Kenya, but wake easily, excited to finally be in Africa. I look out the window as we taxi: green fields and acacia trees, distant hills. The airport is not a big place; it is not crowded. We walk through the jetway and into […]
Read moreJune 1-2 Airports of the World We travel as a team and, for this leg of the journey, are 19 in number. Jim has divided us into smaller groups, and the three leaders are responsible for keeping tabs on our whereabouts. Added to this security, everyone on the team is looking out for the children, […]
Read moreJune 2, 2007 Dubai Airport When in the Middle East, do not smile randomly at strange Arabic (or Other) men– even if it is your habit to do so when at home.
Read moreIn addition placing screens throughout the airplane’s cabin, Emirates Airlines provides every passenger with his own personal t.v. screen on the seatback in front of him. The uses of this screen are many, but among the most fascinating is views one can have from below the plane and just in front of it. There is […]
Read moreJune 1, 2007, Kennedy International Airport Our minds are set on the journey ahead. All we can think of is Kenya– and Dubai, our second stop. We look for the Emirates airplanes from the airport train. My mind is so focused on what we’re going to see and do that it comes to me only […]
Read moreJune 1, 2007 It is Very Hard to get a good night’s sleep the night before one travels to a developing nation– particularly if one has never been to a developing nation before.
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