I regret to announce, this is the end.

     I am going now, and I bid you all a very fond farewell. Appropriate, as this is the last post you shall be reading from Kenya (worried were you?). Tomorrow at 6 AM we are loading up the land cruisers and undertaking a 6-7 hour journey across the border into Tanzania. As exciting as this sounds, it’s actually quite difficult to pack and leave willingly. None of the staff switch with us, which means for the second half of the semester we shall have totally new professors, camp staff, even SAM (Student Affairs Manager). I’ve even heard that the new camp doesn’t have its own football pitch nor volleyball court…not exactly pleasing news but we shall see what happens.

     That being said with a few random bits of news to note on, not a whole lot has been going on here the past week. Everyone was busy studying for exams, which went relatively well, and finishing up the last of the assignments, which was just annoying. Preliminary grades are in, so far so good on that front, and now it’s on to packing. Now to the random news: celebratory goat roast accompanied by KBC version of Party in the USA sung and written by us, last minute laundry scrambling, too much free time to speak of, last football game at the secondary school in which I re-pulled my quad, preparations for a D&D game that will easily pass the time on our border crossing trip (don’t judge), and I do believe that’s all I have.

     I also want to mention a gift idea that a friend and I came up with. One of the staff members here, by the name of Abdi, is a big fan of music. He once told me a story one night around the campfire about a past student, who for his going away gift, gave Abdi his little Ipod shuffle (the clip on kind). Abdi said that the little piece of hardware held about 300 songs and he listened to it during his work here. Apparently he even went and bought a semi-decent speaker set from Nairobi (for how much I didn’t ask) which he set up in his shop in Kimana so he could play his music all the time. According to his account, a month after getting the gift his store was robbed and everything was taken, including the IPod. This brought me to thinking, and as my friend Molly was sharing CD’s and music with him I decided to combine my gift and hers. Therefore my Ipod has now become his Ipod, with separate playlists of my music and Molly’s music for him to explore. As it was a gift to me, I have no attachment to it and I think he will be overjoyed and the gift will be greatly appreciated. Unfortunately I don’t have an extra set of headphones so I’ll have to work that kink out. Oh well.

     Anyways, that is just about it from the KBC. I’m really going to miss this place, the staff, and the mountain. It’s going to be very odd waking up the rest of the semester without Kilimanjaro in the distance.