Home Sweet Kenya

We can't believe that we're finally here in Ukunda, Kenya.  After a lot of traveling around, we are excited to settle down somewhere for a year or two.

Ukunda is about an hour's drive from Mombasa.  It is beautiful out here.  You have the ocean, some of the best safaris, and some of the most beautiful, warm people in the world.  It's a place most people can only dream of visiting, let alone live.  We feel very lucky. 

Here is our bedroom view from our new boss Louis Pope's beautiful home, which he and his wife have so generously opened to so many people including us.

Hyderabad Again

We had a great week in Hyderabad, India.  Back in September I got a job with a company in Hyderabad (SKS) so we bought return trip tickets back there when we left to come back to the states.  Since then I took a different job in Kenya, but rather than waste the tickets we stopped over in India on our way to Kenya.  We stayed with our friend Jane who works at the US consulate in Hyderabad.  Thanks Jane! We had a delightful time eating amazing food, hanging out with old friends, and visiting sites.  Here are a few pics from the past week.

This is a view of Golconda fort.  Its an amazing complex built nearly a thousand years ago.  The incredibly massive fort takes hours to explore.  I'd gone there this past summer, but Mandy hadn't been so we took a day and explored.  India has incredible history. 

Back in it's time, the fort must have been breathe taking.  All of the walls were beautifully inlaid with stones, plaster and carvings.  I'm amazed at what people were able to pull off so long ago (with thousands  of African slaves that is).

We had lunch with our good friends Pramod and Bharti.  They are an amazing couple in the branch and are the glue that holds it all together.  Bharti taught us how to make delicious Biryani.  We had a great time. 

All in all, India was great fun.  We will really miss all of our friends there.  It was a really difficult decision to choose Kenya over India, but who knows... maybe we'll be back someday.

Why It Was Time to Leave Kansas

Remember the big, woolly critter from our last entry?  Well, we knew it was time to leave when I started developing an uncanny resemblance to it. The only reasonable solution was to flee the country.

In other words, we're now in India for a week.  We'll reach our new home in Mombasa, Kenya this Saturday.

The Big Woolly Critter

So we're back in the US.  We spent some time in Utah, had a great Christmas, and then headed out to Kansas...which is where we are now.

There are a lot of great things about Kansas.  Among them is the big woolly critter (see picture).  The big woolly critter is our closest neighbor.  As you can see, he is a huge, hairy llama who guards the goats in the field across the road.  The dirt road, that is.    Anyway, I guess there's not a whole lot to say about him, except that he's here.  He's our neighbor.  He's big.  He's woolly.  

Good times in Kansas.