Only 10 Days To Go

Well I leave for Kenya in less than a week and a half and I feel utterly unprepared.  In a sense I knew my departure was coming up quickly, yet I also feel like it has somehow crept up on me and left me in a state of extreme unpreparedness.  I think to what I need to take and can't fathom what I will need.  I think of what I'll need and am unsure of what to take.  With only ten short days to go I should probably figure this out, but that is part of the adventure I suppose.  The sense of not knowing what is and is not necessary for a summer in Africa.  

Additionally, I just received this in the email today about a certain drink I may encounter in Kenya.  I says, "Chang’a-homebrewed liquor. Chang’a is made from a wide variety of fermented foods including berries, milk, or honey."  Sounds delicious doesn't it?  A drink made from honey, but imagine my horror when I read the next line, "Take care because sometimes it can be laced with poisons such as methanol."  I am completely unsure of the logic behind lacing it with a poison, but nevertheless I'll probably pass on this form of Grandpa's cough syrup.  

Trip Details

I thought it would probably be important to state what my trip itinerary is and why I am even doing a blog.  

I will be leaving in less than one month, May 9th, for Kenya.  I will be touching down in Nairobi on Sunday May 10th.  The first portion of my trip is the Study Abroad leg of my journey.  This portion will last roughly five weeks until Friday June 12th.  I'll stay over in Nairobi for a few days, then my internship will begin on June 15th in Nakuru, Kenya.  For the next two months I will be living in Nakuru and working for the Kenyan Wildlife Service on a variety of projects that involve water issues inside Nakuru National Park.  The internship will end on August 7th and I will arrive back home in Michigan on August 9th.  

I am really looking forward to the trip as a whole, but the internship should be especially amazing.  Just the opportunity of staying for the entire summer in Africa is a dream come true.  Last year I came home from South Africa once my Study Abroad Program was over and I had really wished that I would've stayed longer to do some traveling and sightseeing.  This year I decided to not make the same mistake again.  

About this blog:  My brother suggested that this may be a good way of keeping people up to date with what I am doing, as well as an interesting way to detail my journey.  As of now I plan on giving this blog my best faith effort and to update it as soon as and as extensively as I can.  However, sometimes the best laid plans can fall by the wayside, but its worth a shot.