Traci in Kenya

Here are some more pictures of Traci’s students.  Although she hasn’t blogged in a while, she is still going strong.  Shes been fighting off a bit of an illness but is continuing her classes and loving her time with the children.

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Traci is in Nairobi, preparing for a wedding (she was invited to be a bridesmaid!).  Meanwhile, she was able to secure a stable enough internet connection to send some more pictures of her travels.  Don’t forget to read her new post below the gallery! – Chaning

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There are times when I still find it hard to believe that I am in Africa, let alone more than three months in.  I try to imagine what I was doing before I got here and I see a completely different life…a completely different person.  It is funny to think about all I have seen [...]

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I finally reached my breaking point a week ago. Coincidentally enough it was right when I had to take a short hiatus from camp life and go to Nairobi for a couple of days to renew my visa. This proved to be quite therapeutic – although all I did was drink countless cups of coffee, [...]

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A picture is worth a thousand words, but these left me speechless. For easier viewing, download them all in a big .zip file (202 pictures) at. http://drop.io/tracikenyapics6185 Or click “Continue Reading” to see the gallery…. – Chaning

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Two hours of sunlight left, the rain has yet to show signs of stopping, and I irresponsibly finished ‘White Tiger’, leaving me now with nothing to occupy my time.  Although I have checked many things off my list of things to do here in Kenya, not to mention ALREADY being here for over two months; [...]

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Traci didn’t have time to write up a new blog this week, but I wanted to give everyone a glimpse of what she was up to.  Here is a excerpt of an email she sent to me that sums up what she has been doing; as informative, if not as descriptive as her normal prose. [...]

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Last week I had the fortunate experience of taking a five day trip to Lamu, a spectacular island near the Somalian border.  After a grueling 17 hour bus ride we finally arrived at our much anticipated destination.  After sweating profusely for over 8 hours and having not taken a bath for two days, we headed [...]

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Traci wanted me to post a slideshow she made of her journey thus far.  I was going to write some commentary, but it is better to just enjoy them on your own. (click to open in a new tab) – Chaning From Movies

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“It’s unfortunate, she is dead.”  I wasn’t sure I heard correctly, but as tears formed in our Salome’s eyes I knew it was true. It was only 30 minutes earlier that we decided to take a walk in hopes of passing the time of the lazy, slow-moving Sunday afternoon.  On our way to the camp [...]

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