First post in Chogoria!

Hi everyone! Sorry I have not been able to post before now. I have been pretty busy though. We arrived Tuesday night Kenya time only to find out that our guest house booking was lost and they were full. However after an hour of negotiating we found another place to stay. The next day we made a couple of stops to exchange money, get water, and lunch. Then we had to make our way though Nairobi which was a trip in itself. The traffic there is CRAZY even in the middle of the day. After was made it out and had made a stop to get equipment for the Chogoria nursing school and received our permits to practice as student nurses in Kenya we were off to Chogoria. The 200 Kilometer trip took about 4 hours due mostly to what our driver termed "sleeping police men" (aka speed bumps). We arrive in the dark, but we were all exhausted so it didn't matter that we didn't get to explore Chogoria yet. The next day we dived right in the next day working in the hospital. My first rotation was in community health along with two of the others from my group. The first day we stayed in the clinic and saw a lot of pregnant women and "well baby" check ups. The nurses here do a LOT more than we do in the US. In fact I never saw a doctor the whole day. The next day we were able to go out into the community. We went with a nurse who visits the commercial sex workers in the community (it is legal here). What an eye opening experience. Most of them were very open with us about their lives and answered many of the questions we had. We walked in many parts of the city that we would not have otherwise known about or dared to enter alone. Since we were with a nurse that knew the people really well, we felt safe an welcomed everywhere we went. Today (Saturday) we were suppose to go on a hike with some of the nursing students to a nearby waterfall and caves. Unfortunately we woke up to a downpour during the Kenya dry season. It have been raining ever since. I am really bummed, but I finally have a chance to update the blog and do some reading. I hope everyone is doing wonderfully back in the states. I miss you all and love you all.
Love,
Janelle :)