The first few days were spent just getting used to the new routines – toast for breakfast, lunch and suppers shared with staff members and other guests and volunteers. There is accommodation for 18 guests in buildings that have walls, windows and a roof, but by the end of the second week a party of German high school students arrived at the same time as two of the larger guest rooms were out of commission – so there were tents everywhere.
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ver-ending list of DIY and repair jobs to do. This place really does need at least one car that works consistently by the end of the second week, the pick-up truck – more of which later – was the only thing working, and it too is in need of a decent battery. The saloon car had a broken drive shaft and a small Land-Cruiser and Suzuki both have been immobile for months. The Centre is located by the beach, but a good 5 miles from the main Malindi – Mombasa road, and the journey, even though on a kind of tarmac surface, through Gedi and Timboni to Watamu is punctuated with bumps, pot-holes and sleeping policemen, and as the roads are just about wide enough for to cars to pass, when cyclists, pedestrians, motorcyclists and the ubiquitous matatu at speed converge, there is plenty of cause for an adrenalin rush for passenger and serious strain on the mechanical workings of vehicles.
In addition to leading the start a couple of staff meetings with some scripture reflections and prayer, I have also spent time preparing for a trip out into the rural area the other side of the Aruboko-Sukoke forest.
Of which more, and the pick-up next time.
Volunteer duties to date have included washing up in the simple kitchen area, and there is an almost ne
.JPG)
ver-ending list of DIY and repair jobs to do. This place really does need at least one car that works consistently by the end of the second week, the pick-up truck – more of which later – was the only thing working, and it too is in need of a decent battery. The saloon car had a broken drive shaft and a small Land-Cruiser and Suzuki both have been immobile for months. The Centre is located by the beach, but a good 5 miles from the main Malindi – Mombasa road, and the journey, even though on a kind of tarmac surface, through Gedi and Timboni to Watamu is punctuated with bumps, pot-holes and sleeping policemen, and as the roads are just about wide enough for to cars to pass, when cyclists, pedestrians, motorcyclists and the ubiquitous matatu at speed converge, there is plenty of cause for an adrenalin rush for passenger and serious strain on the mechanical workings of vehicles.In addition to leading the start a couple of staff meetings with some scripture reflections and prayer, I have also spent time preparing for a trip out into the rural area the other side of the Aruboko-Sukoke forest.
Of which more, and the pick-up next time.
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