NIKO POA

Back in East Africa, what a whirlwind. Before I start on my journey of Tanzania, let me do a quick re-cap of what I have been doing in Canada. I arrived back in Victoria in May 2012; a week after arriving I was back in my old job working for the government. It was the most bizarre feeling, it was almost as if I had never been away. Road safety had not changed a whole lot and I was working on many similar issues.

The first 6 months took some getting used to; having to build friendships from scratch; something that was very easy in Kenya, but not so easy in Victoria. However, after some time, I got to know some great people and really started to enjoy "island life". I bicycled everywhere, planted a garden, got my horse trained (kind-of), and settled into a routine. Here are some picture from my year and a half in Canada.

My office cubicle; not a bad view

Picnic with my work pals

Birthday bash in Abby

Night out in Vic

My daily bicycle route to see ...

Princess Zinnia (she looks innocent, but was a handful and a half).

My gals from the barn!

Kenyan maize I brought and planted in front of my house

Good family time

All in all, life was good (albeit busy). It was great to be with family again, make some new friends, reconnect with old friends, work and save money. I had the opportunity to work a fair bit of overtime (which was great for saving), I finished my first year of graduate school, and bicycled 30 km almost daily. Despite this good life, there was no doubt in my mind that I had to return ...

Back in Dagoretti

It's good to be back! Will update again soon ...