Well we got a little brave yesterday and decided to get the dala dala home on our own yesterday... It was also the first ride where we had to stand which was alright except it made it difficult for us to see out the window to make sure we wee going in the right direction. So we realised after about 20mins on the dala dala that we were going a completely different route to normal. We were driving down back alley's between houses and down dead end when the dala dala got stuck in a hole so we all had to get out so the driver could get out of the hole!!! Unfortunetly the driver didn't wait for us to get back on before he took off again, well actually Julie managed to get back on but was kicked off again and then the dala dala took off So there we were in the middle of a neightbourhood we didn't know and no idea how to get out of it. We didn't of course admit this to one of the girls who had come with us to the school, because she was paniced enough as it was... We had seen a familar site about 10mins before the break down, on an actual road, so we headed back to there and about an hour and a few mins later we were sitting pretty exhausted in the coffee shop... On the up side we weren't charged for the dala, and we were only half an hour later back to town than we usually would be!

Before we actually mad it to the coffee shop though we did have a near miss with a runaway wheel which had gotten away from its owner who was wheeling it down the road. And don't be mistaken this was a massive tractor wheel which ended up dimolishing a wooden bench which happened to get in its way - luckily though nobody was sitting on the bench at the time so nobody was injuried...

After this dramatic day we retired to the hostel, showered and relaxed for the evening with a game of scrabble and some random conversations about how German people have a reputation for steeling all the Swedish signs abouit reindeer!!! And all was well with the world untill we started locking down our tent for the night and a snake skin rolled out of Julie's window cover. I'll be honest this gave me more of a scare than being lost in the middle of nowhere with no idea how to get home... I have been quoted as saying - I'm Irish I don't deal with snakes...

We did sleep in the tent though and as I'm here to tell the tail I think we're safe enough but I'll keep ye up-dated if there are any actual sightings...

As for today we have just gotten back into town after another 1.5 hour walk home - but today it was by choice. Myself and Julie have decided it might be wise to actually do a little bit of training for Killi so we are going to try walking home from school everyday. We were a little unprepared for the 36degree celcius temperatures today so we may end up a little red in the face, arms and legs but hopefully we'll survive and tomorrow we'll be better!!!

I tried uploading some photo's but I don't think it has worked so I'll try again later in the week...

Only 3 more sleeps till we go on Safari...

Hope everyone is well at home - let me know,

Love Maura

Picture 1 = View from our tent!
Picture 2 = Me with the kids from the Maasai village
Picture 3 = The Kids in the Maasai village trying on their new clothes!!!