Monday, 31 December 2012

More Kenya pictures

                                                       Us snorkeling!
                                                      monkey family
                                                         monkeys fighting
                                                      monkeys everywhere
                                                                        a heart in the sand
          The way they work there! This guy sat in the tree for hours, unsecured, trying to cut a branch off!
                                                            Hendrik half buried
                                                                me on Christmas!
                                              Hendrik playing volleyball!

                                             
                                                                     Desert on Christmas eve!
                                                 Santa rides on camels. Did you know?
                                                      Us, camel Ali and santa!

                                                  Christmas carols

Saturday, 29 December 2012

Kenia pictures part 1

 For the next few days we just enjoyed our hotel, the sun and the beach. I read three books and Hendrik enjoyed the ocean. Watching Hendrik just relax at the beach made my heart so full. I am incredibly thankful that we got the opportunity to wind down after going through all this. We are blessed indeed!
Let the picture overload begin!
                                                                Our hotel room
                                                     us in front of the hotel
                                                     view fromour porch
                                                                      our porch
                                                             view from my sun bed
                                                   and   above me
                                                      Kenia 2012
                                                                   us
                                                           the ocean



                                                                    Hendrik having fun
                                                                   relaxing
                                                             the boat that took us to a sand bench
                                                                Hugging the tree
                                                                   The pool

                                                              Hendrik making a heart

                                                              loved this view

Thursday, 27 December 2012

The day we thought we were going on holiday...

On Saturday, December 15, I packed my suitcase at my parents' house because mysummer stuff is there, and then my dad brought me to the station. Hendrik got in two stops later and together we traveled to Frankfurt airport.
When we arrived in Frankfurt we went to the counter of Ethopian Airlines to get our boarding passes and check in our luggage. This is when the lady informed us that the flight was overbooked and that they were searching for volunteers who would stay at a (very nice) hotel in Frankfurt including breakfast and dinner and get payed a 600 Euro compensation per person and fly 24 hours later. We arte students and 600 Euros are a lot of money so we simply had to accept. I was in shock. I thought I was going on my long awaited holiday  TODAY and now this.
So to the hotel we went where we had the best burgers in the entire world plus a cocktail for 10 Euros (the airline was paying of course).




Of course we had to take a photo of all the money!

The next morning we had a huge breakfast and went to the hotel pool afterwards where we could watch planes start and land.



The day was mostly spent at the airport since the shops in Frankfurt were closed  on a sunday. I am certain I know every corner of the aiport now! In the evening we finally got our tickets and luggage checked in and proceeded to gate. When we were literally 30 meters away from the plane, we got the same offer again! Do we look so desperate??? Hendrik wanted to consider it, but I told the lady that I would go on holiday today. So we got on the plane and I spent the night next to a guy who apparently had to much to drink and went to the toilet every 20 minutes. In the morning we landed in Ethopia and then got on our next plane to Mombasa where we arrived in the afternoon.
                                                     some old planes!
                                            View from the plane to Mombasa!


                                                A lot of poverty in Mombasa!
                                            They love coke over there!