by Carlo | Apr 19, 2009 | Blog, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Volunteer Work
I’ve just finished a short slideshow and posted it up on youtube. Its seven minutes short, or long depending on what way you look at it :)! With over 8,000 photo’s from our African volunteer trip its difficult to keep any slideshow under the ten minute mark. It...Tags: africa, slideshow, volunteer
by Carlo | Apr 18, 2009 | Blog, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Uncategorized, Volunteer Work
Well its been a rollercoaster of a three months and we got back home yesterday, much to the surprise of our family and friends. We had told them all along that we would be home on the 23rd April, so you can imagine their surprise when we showed up out of the blue. We...Tags: africa, travel, volunteer
by Carlo | Apr 7, 2009 | Blog, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Volunteer Work
Ok so we’ve been taking our anti-malaria tablets for the past twelve weeks(one per week) and although it hasn’t sent us crazy or anything, it has certainly taken its effect on me in a few ways. The most noticeable one been nightmares. Although I do suffer...Tags: africa, travel, volunteer
by Carlo | Apr 6, 2009 | Blog, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Since I don’t have any news to report on the past few days, I thought I’d share the contents on my rucksack that I brought with me to Africa. In the past whenever, I’ve gone traveling, I’ve always brought a huge suitcase or a 115 liter...Tags: africa, tips, travel, volunteer
by Carlo | Jan 19, 2009 | Blog, Kenya, Thailand, Volunteer Work
Its 7pm on Friday and I’m here writing this at our hostel in Arusha. We arrived yesterday from Nairobi after 8 hours of a pure and utter hell of a bus journey. The main road from Nairobi to Arusha is nothing more than a dirt road. Imagine 8 hours of constant jumping...
by Carlo | Jan 19, 2009 | Blog, Kenya, Volunteer Work
So finally I get a chance to update this! Since I’ve brought my mini laptop for the trip I can type out my blog whenever and then transfer it here when I get the a café. Well, where to start! We arrived in Nairobi at 8am Tuesday morning, where we were met by our...Tags: africa, kenya, volunteer