Early on Monday morning we were collected from the guesthouse to begin our journey to the Maasai Mara wildlife reserve on the south western corner of Kenya. You can find out more about the reserve here: http://www.maasaimara.com/. We travelled in a minivan, and most of the journey was comfortable enough… until the last 30km or … [Read More »]
Kenya: Nairobi
In the one-week October break, I had the opportunity to travel to Kenya for the week. Jen C (who is English) was celebrating her 40th Birthday with a trip to Nairobi and then on to the Maasai Mara National Park and a safari. She invited me to be part of the group of five, and … [Read More »]
A Traditional Coffee Ceremony
One of the best parts of our orientation programme was the opportunity to visit the homes of some of Bingham’s Ethiopian employees for a traditional coffee ceremony. I went to the home of Embet, who is the houseworker for several Bingham families. She is a delightful woman who lives about a 20 minute walk from … [Read More »]
The Amazing Race
One of the treats the new Bingham staff had in store for us for our orientation was The Amazing Race. It was organised by existing staff, and I think was a thinly-disguised initiation ritual! (Just kidding, it was loads of fun!) The idea was to get us to use the local taxis and to follow … [Read More »]
Orientation Week 1
Aside from settling into our apartments and daily routines of shopping, cooking, cleaning, etc., we have also been organising various aspects of paperwork. Wednesday saw me and the other new Australian couple head to the Australian Embassy, currently located in the Hilton hotel (apparently they won’t move into their own building until they can get … [Read More »]
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