Hey guys!! So the Masai wasn't really what I was expecting. Apparently on our travels somewhere else we get to be with the natives and see them sing and dance and stuff. This time we just went to another national park.

We saw Elephants, Buffalos, Lions, a cheetah and lots of wildebeast and antelope and deer type things. Hyeina's (not sure of the spelling ha ha), and wart hogs. The lions were 3 momma ones and 7, yes 7, babies!! Wait till you see my pics!!! Soo cute!!! Up in the trees lounging around and stuff. Awww.....

So we are back in Nairobi today after 2 nights out there in the park. Tomorrow we leave for Tanzania and won't be back to Kenya again. So buh bye to the first half of my trip. Only about a month left... kinda sad but still enjoying everything!! We spend another night in a park I think, and then off to Zanzibar to lounge on the island beach for a few days... Ahh relaxation!! We apparently sleep in huts right on the white beach!! I'm already super tanned but can't wait to see how much darker I can get!

There are 24 people now on the tour so a FULL bus. And we only picked up 2 more guys, so there are 6 guys and the rest are girls. From all over the world, Irish, Aussies, and English. One America, another Canadian... oh and some kiwi's.

It's all fun though and everyone seems super nice so far. The accents are hard to understand sometimes but it's all good.

Ta ta for now guys... still can't wait to show you all my pics and tell you all more stories!!

XOXOXO Becky out!

So we finally made it back to Nairobi yesterday afternoon. After a brutal 3 straight days on the truck. Ugghh!! Not fun at all.

We went to our driver Letaloi's, bar last night for an awesome dinner. We got 2 sheep legs (I know it was a little weird to eat that but it was really good), a bowl of this salsa type stuff, mashed potatoe with sweet corn in it and pumpkin leaves, and this super common dish that is like a flour dough stuff. You eat it all with your hands too, so it was a fun/interesting dinner. Then we all partied it up because Hanco, our trainee tour guide, is leaving us now here in Nairobi. We will only have Richard and Letaloi now, but I'm sure it will still be good fun!

Tomorrow we leave for the Masai Village and stay out there for a few days. We also pick up the rest of the passengers for the tour. We've been pretty spoiled on the truck with only 7 of us for 24 seats. But tomorrow we are going to be at full capacity, which is going to suck I think. Oh well. The Masai people are still really native and tribal, and they live now today as they have for centuries. It should be an interesting few days with them. And hopefully out there we will see some lions!!

Missing home a little now. It's hard to see the poverty everywhere you go and not have it effect you. It definitely makes you appreciate everything you have.. possession wise and also friends and family.

So that's all for today... catch you all again soon!!

xoxo

Hey everyone! Sorry it's been soo long since I wrote.. we didn't have any internet in the mountains in Uganda.

So rafting down the Nile was absolutely insane!! When we flipped I thought I was going to die because the water is so strong and turbulent! It was a great day nonetheless! Got a little sunburned, but it's all tanning now.

Then we traveled to the mountains and saw the gorillas... holy cow! You guys are going to love my stories. Let's just say the second in command to the silverback was about an arms length away from me, but he surprised me so I almost peed my pants!! I had tears streaming down my face I was soo scared!! They are breathtaking animals and so passive and peaceful.... as long as you don't startle them haha!

Now we are on route back to Nairobi and then we will go to the Masai Mara village for a few days. The people there are very native and still live like the natives have for centuries. Like they wear loin clothes for clothes and stuff. So that should be really fun and really cool to see the culture!

Hopefully I will be able to get on here a little sooner than how long this took next time. Hope my bubba is doing well.. give him my love!!

Missing you all, love you all!! Talk to you soon!

xoxo

Hey everyone!! So the trip is going good so far... our first day we saw rhinos, giraffes, african buffalo and cows, lots of birds, and baboons and monkeys. No lions or and big cats yet, but that's ok... I sill have lots of time. Our first night we stayed in a national park camping. That was a little nerve-wracking... we didn't see any lions but they are out there! Then we stayed in a campground for one night. And now we are here in Uganda for 3 nights.

The campground is cool though, they always have bars, pools, little shops and proper showers. And you can upgrade from camping to a proper room but we just pitch our tents on the grass. Last night we got here and all got a little silly in the bar.. ha ha didn't go to bed until 4. There was an Irish band playing all night, so it was weird. The bar looks out over a cliff to the White Nile river. I can't even describe the view! There is a white and a blue nile that connect here in Uganda to form the Nile river, that runs all the way through Egypt to the red sea. It's the only major river that runs from south to north in the world. Pretty cool! It was weird getting drunk in a bar in Uganda, looking over the nile river, listening to an Irish band!! HA HA!!

Tomorrow we are going white water rafting down the Nile and the whole thing is either level 4 or 5!!! Woop woop!! It's going to be nuts. Then the day after we head to another town called Kampala, then shortly after that off to seek out the gorillas in the jungle!!

It's stinking hot again... but I'm surviving. Would love to do my hair for once, and maybe put on makeup, but no girls do sooo I fit in at least. lol!!

Miss you all!! Probrably won't be able to write until next week or weekend sometime so don't worry if you don't hear.. I will just be in the middle of nowhere for a while.

Love you all!! Missing everyone tons!!

Hey everyone!! So the flight to get here to Nairobi was interesting. I was basically on a plane from 9 am until 1230 am. With 2 stops but only about an hour lay-over at Addis Abbaba, Ethiopia. It was freezing there too, it was only 17 and coming from 47 I was so cold in the airport. The first night I just went to bed, and forced myself to get up early and go to town. It is not what you really think it's gona be like here. People are very friendly and it is actually a very safe city. You have to be aware there are some purse snatchers around but otherwise everyone wants to know where you are from and what you are doing here. After town I went and lounged by the pool with some drinks and then met a couple local girls who took me out dancing. Oh what a night! Sure fun and found a lot of white people surprisingly!! LOL! And now you guys are going to be jealous. Today getting up with a bit of a hangover was hard, but I had to because I went to an Elephant orphanage. Oh yes, I did..... Soooo cute!!! All the babies have had their mothers killed by either poaching or some illegal way, and this place looks after the babies. The have one as young as 2 months old!! Got good video of them all playing in a puddle with a big bouncy ball after they ate lunch. And I also went to a giraffe park where I got to feed them... soo cool. They are soo big but so gentle.

So now just had dinner at the hotel and going to my tour meeting at 6. Then off tomorrow onto the tour!! Woo hoo!!

Oh and I got a cell phone.... the number is 7 16 813 687. Remember I am 10 hours ahead of you guys right now, so feel free to call but do the math!! You would dial 254 7 16 813 687. They want about $7 a min from the hotel here to call Canada and a cell is just way cheaper and easier to do it this way.

Talk to you all when I get a chance, love ya all miss ya tons!! Hope my bubba is doing well?

Hey everyone... wow got internet 2 days in a row!! Thanks for all the replies... lets me know some people are still there ha! So uploading pics on here is slow... maybe it's just because I'm in Burkina... will try in Kenya, maybe it will be quicker. But I am going to try and get some on facebook too!

Chat soon! Anita do you remember you are picking up those peeps on the 18th???

xoxoxoxo

Hey everyone!!! Soo sorry I haven't been on here yet!! 3rd world country and all!!!

Lets start with Paris.... ummm gorgeous!! The architecture is out of this world!! Soo old fashioned and soo romantic. Got lots of pics. But everyone smokes!!! It's weird to see every person you walk by on the cobble-stone streets to be smoking. It was cold unfortunately and kinda rainy so I got a sore throat. But, I was a smart girl and got meds from the doc befor I came for that. The mona lisa is nice but a huge exaggeration... kinda lame actually. But the louvre museum is nuts. There is this whole wing that is set up exactly how Napoleon III had it when he lived there. (The museum used to be the castle where all the kings and royalty lived. Absolutely huge!!! It spans like 12 city blocks or something.)

Enough about Paris though..... Africa is amazing!!! Everyone should try and come here for sure. Its really 3rd world and it's sad when you really think about it, but these people are so happy and hospitable. They give you everything they have to make you comfy.... It has been sweltering here. This past week in the village of Boura, on the Bridges of Hope compound where we are staying, it's been 44 degrees celcius or more the whole time. Thank goodness there is "siesta", - where everything shuts down from 12-3pm because of the heat. So we can sleep it off. You feel great when you get up. The sun comes up around 4 am when the rooster crows, ugh. And goes down around 7.It takes a bit to get used to the donkeys too, ha ha, they scream all night long, it's kinda weird. None of us can figure out what their problem is? (Hee haw, hee haw donkey!! Right mom, haha!!) The compound has an infirmary, sewing school, kitchen house (where we stay, well some of the team, the rest of us sleep outside in a hut under bug nets cause it's too hot), an orphanage, a school, a library, and a malnutrition building. Keep in mind though none of these buildings are really finished and are all in need of supplies.

The school is in Yuro just down the road a bit. And guys I can't even describe how perfect it is. There are these huge 40 foot tress all around it, and it is just soo serene and quiet and beautiful. I lost it the first day I saw it, of course. It's amazing... The walls are all up. I have so many pics and stories to show and tell you all! The people are amazing and the children are unbelieveable. They call us Na-sara, which means white lady. They like to stare and just want you to acknowledge them that's all.

Soo many pics!! I don't have time to upload them now.. but when I do I will add some. Thanks Anita for letting me know bubs is ok. I miss that big galute so much, he's my shadow and it's gone. Don't forget you gotta pick these guys up from the airport that day... and someone show mom that I wrote finally? sorry guys 3rd world country. And yes I miss my junky plums a lot too. I am definitely in need of some TLC and cuddle time.

But I gotta go, love you all and I will write again maybe on the weekend when I am in Kenya and be able to add some pics then too!!! xoxoxoxo

PS- ya we watched the gold medal game in Paris in our hotel room on the tiny tv!! Woop woop for Canada, I almost died when the US tied it with 24 seconds left!!!