Greetings from Kenya!
I have now been in Kenya for two weeks and I am finally settled into
my new home. The Rift Valley Resource Centre is nothing like I had envisioned.
The scenery is incredible, the food is delicious, the Kenyans are extremely
welcoming, and the training is off to a good start. The fact that this is
considered my co-op job is a little surreal.
On top of the little projects I am beginning to work on, I am
training with a local group in Mosoriot and boy are they are making me work
hard! On top of everyone being extremely fast, the altitude was making me
suffer for the first couple of days. After about a week, the hills aren’t so
bad anymore and I can actually run up them without gasping for air at the top.
I am responding well to the training and excited to see the improvements over
the next two months. My coach, Laban, has some very impressive credentials
including a personal best of 3:29 in the 1500m. I believe I’m in very good
hands during my stay.
With limited access to the internet, I won’t be updating this blog
as often as I had anticipated. I’m hoping to do bi-weekly updates (if possible)
and the photos taken during my travels will be uploaded when I get back to
Canada. Maybe I’ll be able to sneak one in at some point?
Even though I’ve only been here two weeks, I have experienced so
many new things and I look forward to immersing myself and learning more about
the culture here in Kenya.
Thanks for reading,
Daniel
