Kenya: faces of FACES
Here’s the cover of a photobook of the fabulous staff at FACES. faces of FACES
April 2007
Kenya: FACES Clinic & expansion of HIV care
[FACES Kid’s Club – older kids posin on the staircase] It is astounding how much HIV clinical care has expanded in Kenya since I was here in January 2004. At that time, I was in Eldoret, a smaller and more mountainous city about 3 hours by matatu from Kisumu. We were just beginning to roll …
Kenya: wiki moja, first week explorations
[photo: me, baby Shawn, and mom Triza, who is also the pediatrics medical officer at the Nyanza Provincial Hospital] *adjusting to life in Kisumu I intended to have a restful first weekend in Kisumu. I was finally able to chill out after my long journey and busy tourism in London. I pictured myself lounging by …
Kenya: Karibu Kisumu!
(photo above: sunset over Lake Victoria as seen from the Pabari cottage in Kisumu) I had a very typical foreigner-in-Kenya entrance to Kenya: By the time I had stepped out from customs onto the arrivals platform, I was assaulted by a huge swarm of touts trying to get me to take their unauthorized taxis and …
London – photo slideshow
Check out the other pix from my London wanderings: London 07 – pokeylotta adventures
London – Lawns, Luggage and Markets
(photo: Hyde Park’s Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Walk) Last night I met my new roommates: two graduate students from Brasil, one in a film program in Paris, and another studying in Germany. I came back yesterday to find neatly placed luggage and crisp, folded men’s polo shirts in the lockers. I was a bit …
London – Museum Madness
(photo: Omygod! They’re REAL mummies! – British Museum) I was attacked by an Underground train today. I got off the verrrry loooong escalator at Leicester Square and saw my train at the stop, doors wide open. I sprinted in for the kill, only the train was faster than me. The doors slammed shut on my …
London Landing
(photo: V&A’s Uncomfortable Truths exhibit) I’ve been in London for 8 hours and already my boogers are black. Despite the deceptively sunny day (and yes, it was surprisingly gorgeous outside today), London gets an unhealthy rating for air pollution. After an Underground trip to Baron’s Court which felt much longer than it should have, mainly …