Goat pie

So it seems like I start everything blog saying sorry I haven't blogged in awhile.. I finally have things to write about! I think I have been alittle bored just because my project has been trying figure out how they will be finishing up in June. This does mean I am done, it just means there will be no more money to be helping the project which is not really a bad thing. With my project I have been trying to help figure out how to get the fish bigger here. Maybe when I come back I should get a boat and set sea. I am learning alot about fish farming but that doesn't really have much to do with fishing at sea so maybe that is a bad idea...With eco tourism I think it is finally starting to come together! We have a walking trail marked in the forest and want to bring some guys who run lodges to see the project as well as train tour guides this month. Something I really am trying to push is getting this spotting scope to be able to be used on this huge cliff that looks at an animal park. You might be able to see elephants. I think it could really give the project an edge.

Erica's and my friend, Karla (from Bradley) came up to visit. It was alot of fun. We took her on the hike to the forest and the look out point. I have been there with many people but never saw someone so excited to see the view. From there we went to Mombasa. That started fun.. The first day was raining but we didn't let that stop us from having a goodtime! We when to the park that is kind of half park and half zoo. The coolest part was when we found these giraffes and we able to walk up to them but didn't dare get to close because they do kick. There was this cement plant behind us so that was kind of weird.. There was this crazy ram like thing running like it was on drugs, but it didn’t come to close to us.. The next day was our beach day it started with beach and than we got lunch, Erica got her hair cut (she was very excite) than we went back to beach. This is were we met the thief (I will call my thief although I want to name him by my other things..) We were having a great time swimming in the ocean. We had one person with our bags the whole time. Right as we were ready to get going the thief took Erica's and my bag(they were sitting right next to us) and ran out! I was detracted putting on a towel covering up as my swimming trunks had ripped down the middle. Oh yeah I lost my key earlier in the day too. (I am not really upset at myself anymore because it would have been stolen as anyways) This "thief" got pretty much the same things from Erica and I camera, passports, wallet...What a thief(replaced bad words)! After all of this we tried to not let it mess up our trip too bad. We went to my friend Jeff's site right by the ocean. I swam some more in the ocean that night while I called Erica and Karla chickens for not coming in. That night we made Erica a cake and surprised her(for her birthday) and told her it was Peace Corps stuff and made it seem like Karla didn't know what was going on! She was really surprised. The next day we traveled to Voi and got Indian buffet. There is a place in Mombasa that has a lunch buffet for like $4! This is not cheap compared to my village were I can get a meal for 50 cents but for Mombasa it is a pretty good deal and SO worth it! The day after we went or a safari and saw a ton of animals with some other Peace Corps friends. I love seeing animals but it is crazy how semi normal it is to see them anymore... The next day Karla took and early bus back to the airport with Jeff. I went back to the village to get my other passport and break into my house(I am not sure it that is a good or bad thing it was easy to do...)

Now time for John's random story corner!.......

So I have been working with some eco clubs in the school. The grade schoolers have meeting and are trying to make tree nurseries.
Teacher: What should be do it children do not come to the meeting?
Student: MOD JUSTICE!!
(For those of you who don't know that is beating the crap down of something done sometimes if a crimes a committed)
Teacher: No that is illegal any other suggestions?

There a these very cute kid that I have got to know that have a mama that run a restaurant in my village I got to all the time. The 2 kids come to my house the other day just to say hi to me. They had LOTS of fun with the musical card my sister, Jenny had sent me! The girl is about 8 and the boy is 3. So the girl Sheila was playing with some of my money. I saw her with 20 shillings and playfully take it from her. She started crying say "pasa yangu, pasa yangu" meaning my money. I said, " no Sheila I saw you taking the money right from over her" She kept crying saying the same thing. Her little brother steps in and tries to attract me with a thorn branch! I finally kick them out of my house and tell them to tell there mom on me! About 20 min later I go and talk to the mom and asked,” are Sheila and Louis ok?” She tells me “no they are upset they said you took their money I gave them to get their hair done.. And Louis (the 3 year old) keep telling me that he is going to beat you up!” (Opps I guess they didn't take my money...) I felt so bad and got them some bubble gum. Kids are pretty forgiving I like that!

Thanks for the read peeps