Still in America......

As some of you may know, elections were held in Kenya on December 27th.  Since then, riots have broken out throughout Nairobi protesting the election results.  The group knew of this as we all headed to the airport, but believed that we would be able to make it through Kenya to Tanzania safely.  Unfortunately....I'm still in Washington DC.

From the time we arrived at the airport, to the end of our two hour long debates over whether or not we should go, conditions had completely disintegrated in Nairobi, and we felt that we could not take a chance on going through Kenya.  Live news feed from Kenya had been stopped, and last reports showed people running around attacking trucks, running with machetes, and fleeing the city.  

So for tonight...AIDSTanzania will have one big slumber party, dance off our frustrations, and decide what to do.  Maybe Ethiopia, Dubai, Prague, Argentina....who knows??  But something will go on as we have plane tickets that must be used.... Hopefully we will make it to Tanzania somehow.  

Hope your days have been a little less tumultuous than mine.

Take-Off

Here's the blog I will (hopefully) be updating regularly on my travels. Maybe I'll get spiffy and include pictures, but I'll definitely include fantastic stories and my beautiful charm in every post. I know it won't be quite as fabulous as talking to and seeing me on a regular basis, but I will do my best to make it a suitable second.


As of now, my definitive travel itinerary is December 30-January 16 in Tanzania and January 23-May 23 in Cyprus (and various side trips along the way). And then I'll be headed towards Kenya (hence the blog title), at some point in the fall. I really have no idea what my internet connection is going to be during all of this, but hopefully I can contact you all on a (semi) regular basis.

So...the real point behind this post is that you all only have 4 days and 2 hours left to call me and tell me how beautiful, funny, smart, wonderful, absolutely astonishing I am. Thanks!!!

LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!!