Roadtrip…

Fiona and I were travelling by Bus from Nairobi to Dar es Salaam for a very simple 3 day meeting. Ideally a 15 hour trip in a single bus. Lets see, what Facebook says about this trip…

Manuela Müller Roadtrip has started. watch this space!

Alh saa 8:03 asubuhi kupitia Mtandao wa Rununu  · Toa maoni · Imenipendeza

Fleur Lys Sego amependezwa nayo.

Manuela Müller woke up at 5.20 in MC. bought dar xp tickets 4 me n fi at 5.55

Alh saa 8:08 asubuhi ·

Manuela Müller Bus left at 6.25 without us

Alh saa 8:09 asubuhi ·

Manuela Müller Hunting the bus via taxi

Alh saa 8:13 asubuhi ·

Manuela Müller stupid tz bus conductor refuses to stop. we pass nyayo stadium. we pass the airport.

Alh saa 8:25 asubuhi ·

Fleur Lys Sego Hehe bus hunting sounds fun 🙂

Alh saa 8:27 asubuhi ·

Manuela Müller The luo mama who is with us is in constant communication with her friend in the bus. The whole bus crew are *ss*oles, refuse to stop or slow down

Alh saa 8:39 asubuhi ·

Manuela Müller In kitengela the taxi drivers license expires and our money… Whats next?

Alh saa 8:41 asubuhi ·

Charles Nkonge Gitonga hehehe fuuun!!!!

Alh saa 9:02 asubuhi ·

Bakari Mhando Am waiting for season 2,its very nice comedy series.

Alh saa 9:23 asubuhi ·

Manuela Müller Just before namanga, now in a bus. These guys are like 30 minutes ahead.:) guy, hope they r held up at the border! Not enough money for the visa. MCP training is on point…

Alh saa 9:40 asubuhi ·

Cathy Mwangi Walala then what??

Alh saa 9:41 asubuhi ·

Charles Nkonge Gitonga tel the luo mama tu tel the woman in the bus to delay…inbox me ua no. i mpesa smthng…..

Alh saa 9:42 asubuhi ·

Caroline Ngugi Oh…my am so sorry for u two gals….hope u catch up with the bus xoxo:-)

Alh saa 10:28 asubuhi ·

Kelvyne Slevinovic John hahahahaha!!!!!!…..i’m wondering why fiona is quiet!!!…ahahahahaha…..u guys need to open a blog!…warrrrrrrrr!!!!!!…….am biting my nails!!!!…hahahhaha

Alh saa 10:30 asubuhi ·

Manuela Müller Officially left kenya. As officially as the bus left without us. Now we need your help. Arusha to dar how??

Alh saa 10:37 asubuhi ·

Kelvyne Slevinovic John Bakari is your man!!!!……

Alh saa 10:40 asubuhi ·

Caroline Ngugi Manu…there are two options…call SOS Bakari will answer u….and help….AI can send a chopper as plan B….just ask Cindy:-)

Alh saa 10:41 asubuhi ·

Rose Thuo this story is more captivating than 24 and Lost and kidnapped put together!wish you two girls the best.

Alh saa 10:53 asubuhi ·

Manuela Müller Awesome. Now we are between the countries, the other bus is leaving us soon. My visa card haifanyi kazi. And the visa still wants to be paid. Mpesa anything you have to my zain line. We need 2k

Alh saa 11:04 asubuhi ·

Amos Mtaita SEND ME YOUR PHONE NUMBER NOW!!!

Alh saa 11:08 asubuhi ·

Manuela Müller By the way, if it wasnt for there freaky police man, i wudnt have attempted to get the exit stamp.

Alh saa 11:08 asubuhi ·

Amos Mtaita HOW DO I REACH YOU!!!

Alh saa 11:08 asubuhi ·

Caroline Ngugi @Amos…call Manu on her Zain

@Manu tell Fi to switch to her Safaricom…ASAP:-)

Alh saa 11:10 asubuhi ·

Amos Mtaita i dont have her number…

Alh saa 11:12 asubuhi ·

Amos Mtaita carol…send it to me…

Alh saa 11:13 asubuhi ·

Manuela Müller While waiting for mpesa (thanks ppl and hurry up) looking at tour busses and lorries that look trustworthy and inviting…

Alh saa 11:32 asubuhi ·

Razvan Dragu It is time to chill…buy a bottle of Konyagy and enjoy the road. Your road trip is funny like a movie ” Manu and Fi – tripping to Dar”

Alh saa 11:46 asubuhi ·

Caroline Ngugi All the best guys…let us know what happens:-)

@Mtaita the ball is on ur court…takea of them:-)

Alh saa 11:58 asubuhi ·

Martha Diana This is funny and fun at the same time! Have maaad fuuuun!

Alh saa 12:44 mchana/ jioni ·

Manuela Müller Visa bought now. Thanks to you our dear readers! mpesa, juu. Zap… Downest:( Green truck with license plate t945bcu takes us to arusha now. Lets see what happens next:-)

Alh saa 12:57 mchana/ jioni ·

Manuela Müller Thanks for the konyagi tip. After a sip of that guys sachet was told to maliza… Anyways, fi and manu on the bed behind the truck driver. Bumpy! And slow… Worst: no camera:-(

Alh saa 1:17 mchana/ jioni ·

Razvan Dragu this is any truck driver’s best fantasy…milk and choclate on the bed behind him…bumpyyyy

Alh saa 1:27 mchana/ jioni ·

Caroline Ngugi Manu…hold on strong…u will arrive safely….MCP transition just begun…Fi’s phone has a camera u can take a pic to share later:-)

Alh saa 1:32 mchana/ jioni ·

Bakari Mhando Welcome to Tz thats what i do always when i’m late n broke,usijali u’l get here in 1 pc,if u cnt get transpt 4m arusha go up to moshi then to Himo u’l get smthng to tak u here,u r on my s camera relax galz n enjoy d xp.:-)

Alh saa 2:15 mchana/ jioni ·

Joel Rao walalalala this is awesome!! am like 6 hrs behind

Alh saa 6:09 mchana/ jioni ·

Manuela Müller ok. how it continued… the truck trip took long, but was fun. loooots of police stops but we arrived in Arusha. Then we took a bus to Moshi. A really cool friend of Beko hosted us. Moshi is awesome! clean water, awesome food, nice mud in the morning.

Iju saa 4:28 mchana/ jioni ·

Manuela Müller not to forget the preacher that told me and Fiona to shut up while he is praying. Nice story he had… Once they told him to get out of the bus in Nakuru, it had an accident and the passengers died…

Iju saa 5:04 mchana/ jioni ·

Manuela Müller then another 8 hours in another bus from moshi to dar. TUMEFIKA!!!! in the MC house with Cindy and Amos and Tate now. COOL ;)))

Iju saa 5:04 mchana/ jioni ·

Manuela Müller End of story! Thanks for your attention

Iju saa 5:05 mchana/ jioni ·

Bakari Mhando Y r u nt mentioning casts of d movie?if its d end of story?u can sleep on my bed.

Iju saa 5:43 mchana/ jioni ·

Aderemi Dadepo guess part 2 would be when u going back 😐

d suspense was fun and a repeat won’t be a bad idea 😉

Iju saa 10:23 mchana/ jioni ·

Manuela Müller inshallah no season 2!!!

kama saa moja iliyopita ·

A look at Nigeria – and a possible solution

An AIESECer from Nigeria writes….
http://ayobankoleakintujoye.blogspot.com/2010/04/nigerian-situationand-possible.html

Baby

This is a follow up of a previous post.

Sunday afternoon I met my friend again and she was clearly veeeery pregnant. Nevertheless we took a walk (“This is Africa, Manu. Women work until the last hour”) and she told me that the calculated delivery day is the 14th.

She also explains me the a voucher that entitles women from underpriviledged background to go for consultancy during pregnancy, the actual delivery and three post-natal examinations. All that for 2 Euros, sponsored by PwC and the German government.

On Tuesday her sister sends me a text in the early morning to come to the hospital and see her.

So I left our seminar week and bought some fruits. When I arrived at the hospital I was told that she is already in the process of leaving. And yes, I found Adah sitting in the yard of the hospital, with a white bundle in her arms and a handbag next to her. Immediately she saw me, she gave me the baby and we started talking. She was very lively and didnt seem like she gave birth just 10 hours before. We talked about her last 24 hours and exchanged our (probably very unknowledgeable) thoughts on how to stop the babys hick-up.

After filling out some forms for the birth certificate and the above mentioned voucher organiation, the nurse explained her to come again four days later and we left.

One of her frineds brought her new clothes and we walked home. I carried the baby from the hospital to her place, obviously everybody staring at us curiously. Remember? In the slums, there is no privacy!

On 13th April 2010, a very adorable baby is born, Mark!

My trip to AfroXLDS 2010 in Togo!!

AfroXLDS 2010 (Africa eXchange and Leadership Development Seminar) was a 6 day conference in Palime, the Facilitator team also had 3 days of premeeting and 2 days of postmeeting in Lome. We had around 100 delegates from countries like Gabon, Cameroon, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal. Then we had one lady from Kenya and some Brazil, Canadian, German and Japanese visitors.

We started off with a Community day in Lome were we learned from an NGO that deals with spreading the gospel of solar cookers in Togo. After an evening with lots of get-to-knows we had our final preparations for the conference. The Opening Ceremony was graced by a government official, after which we held a podium discussion regarding the Millenium Development Goals. In the afternoon we went to the University of Lome and held our colorful global village and impressed hundreds of university students with our diversity. The next 5 days were spent well in a nice hotel in Palime (yeeees, I am used to not having water and electricity by  now, but in over 30 degrees this reaches new dimensions of being annoyed). Part of the delegation discussed the strategic direction of our countries in Africa, the other half indulged in personal discovery, leadership discussions and practical experience of team work. Together we evaluated the Projects that are run and learned how to be as fast, savvy, smart, strong and sexy as possible in our work (see AIESEC Gen 2010). As always, fun and networking  are integral part of any AIESEC event!

I returned from my Togo trip with around 2,000 pictures and videos. This is just a small selection, but gives a good idea of what we did in the 10 days.

West Africa?? Hot, French vs. English, definitely worth another visit!

Thanks to everybody who contributed financially to making this trip happen!