SOMEWHERE IN KENYA...

Hi everybody again!

These lasts two weeks I took a break from my daily-live routine and I travelled to a fantastic country, which I was expecting for years. All remains in Kenya, an overwhelming country of Africa. So, after these days without internet connection, I write you again to explain you one of the best experiences I have ever had. I am going to share with you some of the pictures I took there.

According to what Ernest Hemingway said about Africa, "I had not left yet, but I already missed it". This is known as the "illness of Africa". It affects to the travelers that keep fascinated upon the natural beauties of one of the most incredible biologic patrimonial of the world; Kenya. Myself, I am one of them.

Since I get on the plane and I took off in Nairobi, I kept absorbed for the attractiveness of the huge Savannah, full of wild animals; the amount of tribes and warring clans; the glamour of the sunsets and the turquoise induces water. Also the chaos and disorder that characterizes the capital. These images define a country: Kenya.

Kenya has exceeded the expected. The majesty of its National Parks and Reserves and, of course, of its people, has transmitted me the greatness of this country. I wasn't accommodated in a luxurious lodge and I didn't go to make the most expensive safari as it appears in the mythical novel Memories of Africa by Sydne Pollack. All the contrary, I was in touch with the autenticity of the real daily life of the people who lives there, those who fight for their survival, most of them only fight to see the following sunrise. 

As a future educator, one of the things that I really appreciated and loved from Kenia were the adorable kids and the amazing schools there were. I visited both private and governmental schools and the differences between them are unimaginable. This can be understood if we know that in Kenia the social classes are two: the rich ones and the extremely poor ones. So, in schools the difference also exist. It's quite disgusting to see this crude reality. I show you two pictures below so you are able to see if I am right or not... Do you see the chairs? the tables? the blackboard? the whole building? Let's think about it..

Not only the facilities and the material is absolutely different in both places, but also the way of teaching. For instance, in the private school, the teachers are more friendly and kind with their pupils than in the public one, in where students are shouted all the time by the teachers and even harmed with a wood stick. I get quite in shock when I saw it.

All in all, Kenya is a trip where the adventure is always possible. There exist as many Africa's as you want to believe. I strongly recommend you to make a trip like this, even as an educator, the way you see education changes after spending some time in a country like this. It's worth!