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Final Updates from Kenya (until next time)

This is the final blog post, one month since the last one. In the beginning of our stay we had plenty of time to write and update, but...

15. Maasai Mara

Maasai Mara, what a wonderland. We departed from Nairobi the recent Sunday after last-minute booking a three-day safari. Maasai Mara is...

14. Out in the Field

After about one week without proper sleep and no internet we are now back in Nairobi after an amazing field experience. Monday in the...

13. Italian Dining and Preparations for Field

Yesterday evening Agnes, Carro and I went to the Nairobi City Garden Mall. We watched a movie called "Underwater" and had some great...

11. First Contact with the Field Site

A nice picture by Agnes, not related to the field site but our jungle walk where we found a larger parasite in the watercourse. About one...

10. Giraffe Center & Karen Blixen Museum

Today we had a great day with a Swedish friend of ours, Agnes, who is also doing her Minor Field Study in Nairobi. She arrived just a few...

9. Moving Again 🚗

Yes, as the title revealed it is time for us to move once again! After staying two nights at the Edmor Residences and nine nights at the...

8. Happy Birthday Carro! 🎁

Today Carro had her 24th birthday 🎉🎊 We celebrated by ordering some requested food delivery, watching series and eating some fika and...

7. Nairobi Rainfall & First Time at ILRI

Yesterday afternoon we both went up on the apartment rooftop and managed to take these pictures out over the area: The winter rainseason...

6. Nairobi Elephant Orphanage

Today we took a day tour out to the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, also known as the Nairobi Elephant Orphanage. The orphanage takes care of...

5. New Home, New Experiences

As previously mentioned we moved to a new location today. The apartment is great and spacious, our host is very caring and the compound...

4. Leaving Edmore Residences Well Fed

Today we moved from our first stay at the Edmore Residences - Riverside into a Bed and Breakfast in which we will stay for at least 9...

2. Arriving in Kenya

We took off from Sweden at around 22.00 in the night in one of Qatar's flights. After about 6 hours we reached Doha, Qatar where we...

1. Heading for Nairobi

After many months of planning there are now only hours left before stepping on the flight towards Kenya. We are both excited and nervous...

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About Us

Philip & Carolina. We are master students in Infection Biology from Uppsala University, Sweden, currently located in Nairobi, Kenya. 

 

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