A Pole-Pole day...

Friday

Two local school children saying hello

Today we woke up to rain. This is our day off, so we are taking everything 'pole-pole' today.

We took a steady walk to Chem Chem for breakfast. The roads have turned in to a rocky river today, so it's like a slippery slide down for breakfast. 

After pancakes and toast, four of us decided to make the walk down to, you've guessed it, Mama Mlay's! It would be rude not to spend some time here on our day off and the weather was beginning to brighten up so it was nice to just sit and reflect on the past week. 

I am personally getting in to this 'pole-pole' way of living. The whole experience has been incredibly humbling and I think has made us all realise just how lucky and spoilt we all are back home. 

Out here every day is about survival and there is no moaning about the epic walks up and down the hills every day to fetch water or to cut grass for the cows, the locals are unbelievably friendly to Mzungas (foreigners) and have time for you. 

I can't imagine us back home welcoming Africans to our country and asking how they are and about their lives. It is a completely different world out here and I actually really like it!