[Bells]

LOL... you mean that package the bloke called James Bond told me specifically to give you? He said it was full of flour to help make some traditional meal (yeah right).

[Mrluvaluva]

Originally posted by Ash
LOL... you mean that package the bloke called James Bond told me specifically to give you? He said it was full of flour to help make some traditional meal (yeah right).

Flour? Flour! (get's phone and rings Big Dave).

[Bells]

Indeed. I actually got offered a load of that myself whilst there, but it didn't look too appealing. I got offered quite a lot of other things too, which, equally, didn't look too appealing.

[Mrluvaluva]

Originally posted by Ash
Indeed. I actually got offered a load of that myself whilst there, but it didn't look too appealing. I got offered quite a lot of other things too, which, equally, didn't look too appealing.

[Bells]

Haha, you know what I mean!

[Mrluvaluva]

Oh I do!

[Callum]

Welcome back Ash, glad you loved Africa as I much did.
I was only small, when I went there but I loved South Africa loads and loads, to see how some people lived in Shanty Towns though was emotional.

[Matt]

Welcome back to TiBB Ash, I'm glad you enjoyed your experience in Africa!

[Bells]

Thanks Callum and Matt! Callum, I totally agree - it's really surreal seeing peoples' living conditions but then seeing how happy they are with what they have, despite it being so little. Now that I'm back though it feels strange... as if I've always been here and this last month was like a dream! And, funnily enough, I just remember the good stuff, hehe.

[Callum]

Originally posted by Ash
Thanks Callum and Matt! Callum, I totally agree - it's really surreal seeing peoples' living conditions but then seeing how happy they are with what they have, despite it being so little. Now that I'm back though it feels strange... as if I've always been here and this last month was like a dream! And, funnily enough, I just remember the good stuff, hehe.

Yeah same here. The thing is a lot of the time, people assume that Africa isn't really a nice place because of the race rows and pverty etc, but the landscapes and some of the people over there are so friendly. It's such an eye opener over there, did you ever visit Table Mountain in South Africa?

[Legend]

Originally posted by Ash
Thanks everyone - yeah I did have a great time! It had its ups and downs, but that was part of the experience. I'm quite glad I got back safely too!

Legend, I visited loads of villages... I managed to do loads and meet lots of local people. I forgot that you went to Kenya - I'm sure your week there was good! The night safari was amazing; we got to see all the animals but we were all really quiet. It was funny because the next day on the day safari we were yelling and still saw pretty much all the same animals! It was quite scary though, because the spotlight needed to be shone on the bushes etc. and sometimes the animals ran off.

The light broke at one point and we had to wait around in this remote bit of the marsh whilst it was fixed... there seemed to be this big animal moving in one of the nearby bushes and we couldn't see what it was. I laughed when someone suggested T-Rex and we were actually in Jurassic Park (but it scared me at the time, obviously).

Sounds boss Ash.

The wierd thing about it was I expected the poverty etc but when we were in the city (Nairobi) it seemed just like an ordinary city and that's what shocked me more, shows how under-educated I was, ha ha.

I couldn't have done a month though, I did 11 days and that was enough mainly because of all the travelling, I'd definatly go back though.

Was it a school trip or family or something?

[Legend]

Originally posted by Callum

Yeah same here. The thing is a lot of the time, people assume that Africa isn't really a nice place because of the race rows and pverty etc, but the landscapes and some of the people over there are so friendly. It's such an eye opener over there, did you ever visit Table Mountain in South Africa?

The people over there were amazing. When I went to visit the villages, they all came over welcoming us, just so friendly.

Something else, they seemed to always be smiling, they have so little and are happy enough as they are. It is sad thinking back, thinking how they're living now and stuff but it has actually made me more appreciative over the stupid, trivial things that i'd have done a Nikki Grahame over usually.

I'd recomend going somewhere like Africa at some point to everyone as it is an amazing experience.

Anybody know of a website like imageshack where I can upload a folder of images and they would give me 1 link for all images in the folder? I'd like to upload my Kenya pictures but it's too much hard work doing each one at a time.

[Bells]

I'm sure if you asked in Suggestions&Help, someone could point you in the right direction.
Anyway, mine was with schoolfriends, but we were split into groups where there were a couple of people we didn't know in each. I thought that was a good idea, especially as I get on well with them now. A month did seem long enough... there were times when I missed home and was fed up, so it was just about the right length of time to fully enjoy the experience as well as not miss daily life too much. I agree that the people are amazing - happy and full-of-life with a lot of determination to just get on with it, despite the little amounts they have. I thought it was a real eye-opener in that respect.

[Kristen]

Hope you had a great time Ash!
You have been missed and I'm glad you enjoyed it x

[Bells]

Thanks Kristen.