Finally leaving!

Sooo, I can’t believe after many months of researching, planning, preparing, saving..that the day has finally arrived where I have to pack my bag and leave for my African Adventure (corny..but true)! So many past volunteers have written blogs and it has been amazing (for myself) to read all about their adventures and day-to-day life in Kenya and around the world, so I figured that I would set up a blog for those who are interested in keeping up with what I’m up to.

Just to give a brief overview of the next few days. I leave Melbie tonight at the respectable time of 11:59pm and will be visiting the wonderful city of Doha on my way to Nairobi. I arrive there about 8:30pm Melbie time. From then I am flying directly to Kisumu (third largest city in Kenya, on the North-Western fringe of Lake Victoria...you know that massive lake that the Nile runs out of that we all leant about in Geography so many years ago!). I arrive in Kisumu about 5:30pm Kenya time..which will be about 1:30am Thurs morning...I expect to be looking fresh and feeling on top of my game ;). From here I do an orientation and some other things, but I will write about that in a few days. I will be arriving in Mutmubu (which btw does not exist on the internet aside from a weather station outside of the blogging world), the village I will be living in for 3 months, on Saturday. I will be travelling with another volunteer all the way from Melbie, which is amazing!

Anywho, I will write again when I figure out how to acquire internet without data roaming charges knocking off my money for the next few years. I would just like the say a huge thank you to EVERYONE for all our support in helping me organise, prepare and especially fundraise for my trip. I have raised just over $1000 at the moment, which is going to go such a long way! Thank you especially to my wonderful friends I have seen over the past few days and your amazing words before I left, to my amazing family..who I know are extremely worried about me getting eaten by an elephant...or something to that degree J and to my wonderful bf..without your support I don’t know how I would have left. You guys are amazing...I will be in touch as soon as I can. Feel free to post questions/responses on my blogs or on facey...I will need lots of friendly contact when I am away...after all...I have to look after myself for real this time!

Love you all, Lucy xxx.