Lexi's GapBreak tales from Kenya

Hey everyone! Ive had the most amazing week. We started building Mama's hut and it was so much fun, such hard work though. And the kids watch and play with you in their drink breaks its so cute. We don't get to finish it though which is annoying, the other half of the camp start tomorrow. On thursday we went to visit the local bush doctor; i cant even describe it you'll have to wait for photos, but it was like they were posessed and then they started singing and at the end we all got up and danced together! We also got to see how the coconut wnie is made, a 60 year old man climbed a rediculously tall coconut tree! I tried after and got a few metres up. On the weekend we entered into the local touch tournament, but their were teams from England and France that travelled for it. It was so much fun and we didnt do too badly either; the team was jimmy, steph, evan, dave and myself.

20th June
I've had another great week; the work was pretty tiring and i havent slept much because of the monkeys and the bush babies, they scream on all night (they're like squirrels and they're SO loud!) but on Wednesday night i was taken out to dinner at the cave restaurant, its so amazing in there and the food was so good. I had a massive seafood platter (I ate oysters!) and then we went back to the 40 theives and danced until about 1.30 then had to get up at 7.30 for desk making the next day, wasnt the most productive day we've had!

I've done so much sawing and nailing this past week, Michael i could give you a run for your money!

We went snorkeling yesterday it was so amazing, the fish aren't scared of you and massive schools of fish swim around you.

It was so pretty. We also got to try scuba diving for a few minutes in the pool, when i get back I'm definitely going to do a course! aI have to keep this one short but i hope adelaide's as cool as it was when i left. Probably not.

Hey guys, we're spending the day at a little village called Voi so we have internet access. We're staying at a place called Tsavo which is where we go on safari! We go on Wednesday and then again in a few days. We're building at a local school aswell, its so sad though this school is so poor and some of the classrooms are crumbling and there will be about 100 kids in a class next year. There's also a 25 year old in year 1. we stay here for about ten more days then go back to the camp where we walk for two hours a day. Until next time!

Wednseday 21st July
Went on safari today! W saw elephants, girraffes, zebras, worthogs, antelopes, buffalos and lions! I've been working at the local school and tomorrow we do wilderenss bush skills, so hopefully I'll learn how to make a fire without a match! We saw the Masai warriors on sunday which were amazing, they did dances and i bought some jewellery from there. Apparently when they get married the male have to first go kill a lion and bring back its head.


Hey! It's so weird that Africa feels like home! We went on safari today and saw a lion close up and an elephant was about to charge at us cos she had a baby and we had to drive away so that was pretty cool. And a girraffe was only abot five metres away! Other than that nothing much has happened since we last spoke, but yesterday we had to stop working cos there wer elephants close by! Anyway miss you guys!

Lexi xx