Nyakato - International Health Partners. Ze Accomodationz.

Arrived! I am staying at a "bungalow" although this is really just a big house. 3BD, 2BA but lots of bunk beds so sleeping spaces = 10. Fantastic, except showers tend to run cold. Here is my room. I'm on the lower bunk. So far the room is all mine until more volunteers show up.

Cows on my bedspread FTW!!!! :-)















This is a look at the front of the bungalow. About the gated entrance: there is a gate to the yard, as well as a gate before the door to the house on the picture. It stays locked whenever we're out. The house is patrolled 24/7 by guards; at night, the guard has a dog (his name is Nyoko! Yes I met him and totally made friends. He tried to play with me, much to the guard's embarrassment, hee hee.). The small building you can almost see on the left side of the photo is the guards' quarters where they can wash up, have tea, nap, etc. They're very friendly and help me practice the Swahili greetings...patiently. The day guard's wife brings him lunch and comes with the baby in the kick-ass sling on her back to hang out while he eats - it's the sweetest thing.

Here is the back yard (with the red flower). Note the clothesline - yay for handwashed linens! We can give our linens to the cook weekly for washing but so far I've been doing it myself. It's kind of fun and reminds me of being a kid when I had to wash my own socks in the common washing up area in the "pansionat" in Barnaul (Are you reading this Mom?? Yes I remember! Thank you for instilling in me some serious sock-washing skills, they are coming in extremely handy right now!)...and no I am not just putting the sock onto the faucet like I did when I was 5 :)