Day Trip to Lake Naivasha On Sunday six of us traveled to Lake Naivasha to go on a walking safari and a boat ride on the lake. I woke up at 5:45 in the morning to shower and get ready. We took a taxi from our apartment strait to the stage where we were told [...]

Over the course of the last two weeks we’ve started Kiswahili, Politics of Culture in Kenya, and our USIU classes (mine being Contemporary International Ideologies and International Business Operations). The first two mentioned courses are program courses in which all of 18 of us are together. Kiswahili is taught by Fred Iraki, a very bright [...]

Friday we left our compound in groups of three with 20 shillings each and were instructed to get our own matatus and meet downtown outside of the Hilton (one of our landmarks to get around the city). We went to an orphanage we were told suffers from corruption, and the kids consequently suffer. We’re not [...]

Our second day in Kenya was spent visiting several potential internship sites. We began our day visiting Big Ideas Entertainment – a local movie production company started by two guys, Willie and Angelo. It was very interesting talking to them about how they started the company and the influence on society they wish to have [...]

We arrived in Nairobi around 8:45 PM.* I was shocked at the number of passengers on our flight from London to Nairobi – a full 757. The woman sitting next to me was a Kenyan whom I tried to chat-up, but her accent was very thick and her English poor. (Some of the other students [...]

Hujambo! It’s currently five days and counting until I depart for Nairobi. Preparation continues to be a daunting task. We’ve gotten several e-mails from our program director, KJ, with some information I felt interesting or relevant to share. Firstly, my address for the semester will be: Marco Puccia, Apartment T4 Njema Court, American University Box [...]

The anticipation for my semester abroad in Nairobi continues to build. Tickets have been purchased, classes have been requested, and I have enough vaccine in me to single-handedly fight off the black plague. In preparation I’ve purchased a couple of books on Kenya’s history and the Swahili language. I think there are several questions that ought to [...]