Phones, matatus and biogas

I finally have a new phone!

Ok, well, i have been at Baraka for nearly a week now and it has been quite a nice experience so far. I have had the pleasure of taking the local transport known as Matatu where you are literally putting your life in the hands of the drivers. Usually its around an 8 seater, but because they need to make money, basically they will stop and let anyone on. I was on there yesterday and there were 16 of us sat on top of each other and the conductor was still looking to get more.. and it was incredibly hot on there too! And i don’t dare watch as they are driving, the roads are so narrow, so holey and so congested with people, donkeys, bikes, cars and trucks weaving in and out.. its best to sit, close your eyes and think of a happy place hah!

On Friday i saw just how sustainable this college is. Its fantastic actually and it can serve as a good example for the Kenyans. The biogas plant was the most interesting to me, they have 2 cows which are able to give enough gas for cooking for a family of 8, 3 meals a day. And then the manure left over is used as fertiliser which they use on their own crops. It was so cool to see. Then further down they have the human biogas.. which was weird to see at first but then when you realise how good it is, and the fact that there is virtually no smell, you forget just what is powering it! The canteen cooking area is also powered using biogas from the animals here.. (and some from the humans too)..
They really make use of everything here and there is very little waste.. they collect the rainwater, my hot water is from solar (which is instant as well!) and the food that we eat (well, the vegetables and milk and eggs) are from the campus.

I went into the city, Nakuru, yesterday and it was so so hot, finally a bit of vitamin D! Actually, having said that its even been warm here in Baraka.. i have just come from sunbathing on the grass outside. I have started to plan my upcoming trips too, im so excited to see animals not in the zoo!

Oh and yesterday, I saw the President. I was having lunch in a cafe and there were people on the streets the suddenly this huge convoy comes by, then a camera crew then a guy waving from his smart looking car.. me, clueless, didn’t know so had to ask what was happening, which was when i was told that the waving guy was the president!