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15th August 2017
The alarm goes off at 5:30 am this time around, the sun isn’t even up yet. We pack up everything and head down to our little rickshaw. The morning haze was calming. A security guard watches us curiously watches us pack everything, he even helps us a little bit. So I got a picture of […]
14th August 2017
We woke up bright and early at 7:15 am, dragged our outfits to our rickshaw, and prepped it for the start off of the Rickshaw Run. Many problems occurred during this time, including not being able to start the rickshaw. Luckily, we weren’t the last to leave. We got out of the field, waved goodbye […]
13th August 2017
We woke up late. Turns out that the alarm did go off, but Antoine decided to snooze it and no one heard the second alarm. Thanks, Antoine. We rushed back to the rickshaw auto shop to get the parts that were supposedly shipped in today. Seems like the shop owner knew that a ton of […]
12th August 2017
Waking up bright and early at 9 am we grabbed breakfast from the hotel and went to the rickshaw field to decorate. Seemed like we were the only ones to bring a tarp to cover up from the rain. We were one of the most popular rickshaws in the entire place. People kept coming up […]
11th August 2017
We land in Cochin at around 8 am and gather our visas from the border control. It is pouring outside. This is when we realize that we prepared for the blazing sun, rather than the monsoon season. Although the rain is so heavy, the temperature really wasn’t too bad. I’d compare it to a cooler […]
10th August 2017
Our alarm goes off at 4:15 in the morning, I am confused as to why Antoine’s alarm had gone off when we agreed to wake up at 4:30. His excuse was so that he can snooze it. I kicked him out of the room and we made our way to the very empty tube station. […]
13th January 2017
Today we grabbed breakfast at 9 and decided to go to a village market on Anastasia’s recommendation. When we got there we were quite scared that the market we wanted wasn’t happening because we couldn’t see it, but after asking a security guard we were pointed in the right direction. We walked up and […]
12th January 2017
Today I woke up at 5h30 and got out of the tent to the coolest morning we have had so far, it felt like only 5 degrees, during which I had to pack my tent away which was more difficult than usual since the tent poles were freezing, so as soon as I was done, […]
11th January 2017
Today we woke up early once again to have breakfast and be ready to leave our campsite by 7 am, to Lake Nakuru. We drove for about 3 hours in our bus and stopped halfway to do some shopping and meet our new CEO, Justice who would be covering the last few days as […]
10th January 2017
Today we woke up at around 5:30 to leave our camp by 7, after packing our tent we hopped on to the bus, to the border back into Kenya. after 3h of driving, we arrived at the border and went through immigration to go back into Kenya, but when we got back on the bus […]