Just thought I would update the blog one last time before we set off to Afreekkkaa!!
Well the nerves are definately settling in now... with only 4 hours till I have to leave to travel to the airport I'm feeling a bit panicked that my stuff is still not fully packed!! Instead of doing the sensible thing of packing right now I am doing my favourite activity of procrastinating!
Updating my blog and facebook vs packing.... I'm doing the less stressful option!!
After a few last minute buys I think I have everything I need for the adventure to begin... it's just fitting it all in the rucksack that is beginning to be the problem... and carrying the rucksack! I attempted this last night and found that I had to lean forward in order to be able to walk anywhere with it and even then if someone so much as pokes me I think I'm going to fall over :-s
Anyways I will write again when I have got to the land of Afreekaaaa :o)
Ciao
Wednesday 30 June 2010
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1 week countdown begins :o)
Hola mes amigos... ohhh crap that's the wrong language :-p ... Jambo!
Well it's official the 1 week countdown can begin... this time next week we will be anxiously/excitedly waiting to board our plane... eeeek!
Over the past few weeks I have been keeping myself busy with preparations for Tanzania. I have had plenty of opportunities to practice my first aid skills... on myself unfortunately!! But on the plus side I feel I am now capable of dealing with a burn whilst I'm panicking :o) Luckily for me I had Nikki Wellings and Clare Wells on speed dial to advise and keep me calm whilst I was treating my burn waiting to be taken to the hospital... also I've been treating my toe after I had an operation on it sooooo I can successfully dress a wound.
Everything seems to be happening at the worst time for me at the minute.... I'm having a streak of bad luck :o( as well as all the above, I've had to go to the dentist after managing to rip half my tooth out on a bon bon (stupid sweets!) and I stood on some glass at my graduation ball and managed to take a small chunk out of my foot! I'm hoping that my bad luck will swiftly turn to good luck before I depart for Africa as I would really like to just focus on delivering the first aid syllabus instead of treating myself!
Apart from my preparations for Tanzania... my life has been pretty relaxed. University = done! Well apart from one final assignment result to come back but I'm not focusing on that because of a small thing called Africa!! I was treated by my parents on Saturday and got to go and see Swan Lake in London with my sister which absolutely blew me away and on Monday a nice meal out with my boyfriend Dan.
Today consisted of chilling with fellow FAA volunteer Clare Wells, FAA team leader Nikki Wellings and a couple of friends in the back garden watching England play and catching some rays! Nikki Wellings also brutally went through my list of items I want to take with me to Africa and got rid of quite a few of them... whilst laughing.... a lot!
Anyways I've noticed I'm rambling on now...
7 Days to go until Tg4 departs to Tanzania.... Woot Woot!
xXx
P.s - for Clare Wells 7days and 20 minutes until our flight departs :o)
Well it's official the 1 week countdown can begin... this time next week we will be anxiously/excitedly waiting to board our plane... eeeek!
Over the past few weeks I have been keeping myself busy with preparations for Tanzania. I have had plenty of opportunities to practice my first aid skills... on myself unfortunately!! But on the plus side I feel I am now capable of dealing with a burn whilst I'm panicking :o) Luckily for me I had Nikki Wellings and Clare Wells on speed dial to advise and keep me calm whilst I was treating my burn waiting to be taken to the hospital... also I've been treating my toe after I had an operation on it sooooo I can successfully dress a wound.
Everything seems to be happening at the worst time for me at the minute.... I'm having a streak of bad luck :o( as well as all the above, I've had to go to the dentist after managing to rip half my tooth out on a bon bon (stupid sweets!) and I stood on some glass at my graduation ball and managed to take a small chunk out of my foot! I'm hoping that my bad luck will swiftly turn to good luck before I depart for Africa as I would really like to just focus on delivering the first aid syllabus instead of treating myself!
Apart from my preparations for Tanzania... my life has been pretty relaxed. University = done! Well apart from one final assignment result to come back but I'm not focusing on that because of a small thing called Africa!! I was treated by my parents on Saturday and got to go and see Swan Lake in London with my sister which absolutely blew me away and on Monday a nice meal out with my boyfriend Dan.
Today consisted of chilling with fellow FAA volunteer Clare Wells, FAA team leader Nikki Wellings and a couple of friends in the back garden watching England play and catching some rays! Nikki Wellings also brutally went through my list of items I want to take with me to Africa and got rid of quite a few of them... whilst laughing.... a lot!
Anyways I've noticed I'm rambling on now...
7 Days to go until Tg4 departs to Tanzania.... Woot Woot!
xXx
P.s - for Clare Wells 7days and 20 minutes until our flight departs :o)
One Week Until the Adventure Begins!
Hi Everyone,
Well, it is now one week and counting until we depart for Moshi via Dubai and Nairobi.
The excitment is beginning to reach fever pitch and the nerves are starting to kick in!
After having spent the afternoon with the BCU FAA society leader, Nicola Wellings (quite possibly the best leader in the world!), I have begun to realise quite how unprepared I am. My shopping list is getting longer daily with things like suncream, DEET spray and underwear still to buy!! Fingers crossed this time next week I will have everything, otherwise I'm going to get pretty stuck!
This week my university course comes to an end and I move out of my student house, meaning that come Friday my life is going to be AFRICA AFRICA AFRICA!!! That gives me about four days to do my shopping, start and finish my packing! I am thinking things might get a little tense in the Wells household this weekend!
Anyway, I am now of to chill in the garden and drink some cider with fellow FAA volunteer Becca Kunze AKA KUNZEY!!
The next I add to this blog I will probably have arrived in Africa, so until then cheerio x
Well, it is now one week and counting until we depart for Moshi via Dubai and Nairobi.
The excitment is beginning to reach fever pitch and the nerves are starting to kick in!
After having spent the afternoon with the BCU FAA society leader, Nicola Wellings (quite possibly the best leader in the world!), I have begun to realise quite how unprepared I am. My shopping list is getting longer daily with things like suncream, DEET spray and underwear still to buy!! Fingers crossed this time next week I will have everything, otherwise I'm going to get pretty stuck!
This week my university course comes to an end and I move out of my student house, meaning that come Friday my life is going to be AFRICA AFRICA AFRICA!!! That gives me about four days to do my shopping, start and finish my packing! I am thinking things might get a little tense in the Wells household this weekend!
Anyway, I am now of to chill in the garden and drink some cider with fellow FAA volunteer Becca Kunze AKA KUNZEY!!
The next I add to this blog I will probably have arrived in Africa, so until then cheerio x
Thursday 3 June 2010
Are We Nearly There Yet?
Unlike the other two lovely ladies of TG4, I will be heading out on 29th July with TG3. After months of preparation, endless fundraising ventures and a lot of First Aid Africa related fun times (most involving debauchery of some kind), I can't believe how soon it is. People from our organisation are already out there kicking the summer off to a great start. Granted, I've got tickets to Glastonbury Festival and lots of going away parties between now and my departure, but it's creeping ever closer.
I've already set the ball rolling by offering my arm up as some kind of sacrificial pin cushion to my local travel clinic. Typhoid, tetanus, polio, diptheria, all kinds of hepatitus, rabies...you name the unpleasant medical affliction, I'm probably on my way to immunity. Still waiting on yellow fever vaccination though - it's almost like the golden ticket into Tanzania. No entry without protection against this vile viral disease, for which I'm very thankful. Jaundice and organ damage? No thank you.
Time to start sorting out the big and important bureaucratic issues. Like a visa and the ever-elusive travel insurance. Not to mention recapping my first aid training - at one point, I had nightmares that the kids I was sent out to teach knew their first aid better than I did, and had to put me in the recovery position when I fainted out of shame.
Anyway, back to the rare show of sun in Edinburgh and dancing away to Toto. Cliche, yes, but I couldn't stop if I tried. Less than two months until Africa!
Fiona
I've already set the ball rolling by offering my arm up as some kind of sacrificial pin cushion to my local travel clinic. Typhoid, tetanus, polio, diptheria, all kinds of hepatitus, rabies...you name the unpleasant medical affliction, I'm probably on my way to immunity. Still waiting on yellow fever vaccination though - it's almost like the golden ticket into Tanzania. No entry without protection against this vile viral disease, for which I'm very thankful. Jaundice and organ damage? No thank you.
Time to start sorting out the big and important bureaucratic issues. Like a visa and the ever-elusive travel insurance. Not to mention recapping my first aid training - at one point, I had nightmares that the kids I was sent out to teach knew their first aid better than I did, and had to put me in the recovery position when I fainted out of shame.
Anyway, back to the rare show of sun in Edinburgh and dancing away to Toto. Cliche, yes, but I couldn't stop if I tried. Less than two months until Africa!
Fiona
Tuesday 1 June 2010
28 Days, 22 Hours, 16 minutes until Take-Off!!
Hey Everyone!!
This is the first time I have ever done a blog so I apologise if I ramble on a bit!!
So...it really isn't very long until we (TG4) depart for Tanzania! To say that I am excited would be an understatement, I think people are starting to become very bored of my minute by minute countdown to departure!! We set off on our rather long journey to Moshi, Tanzania on 30th June via Dubai and Nairobi.
Apart from the excitement, it is also fair to say I'm pretty apprehensive. This is my first trip abroad volunteering, so I'm not really sure what to expect!! I can't wait to get out there and meet the local communities and get immersed in their culture. It is going to be an awesome experience!!
Rightio, I think I better stop there otherwise I might be tempted to start rambling about random things!
Thanks for reading!
Clare
29 Days to go...
Hey Everyone...
Well the countdown begins... I guess it's safe to say the nerves are definitely setting in!! My group TG4 sets out to Africa on the 30th June at 20.40... we have an interesting journey ahead of us which is going to last 32hours taking into account the time difference .... we fly from Heathrow to Dubai where we get to stay for 9 hours then its from Dubai to Nairobi where we stay over night before the last leg of our journey to Moshi, Tanzania :o)
I am just getting myself sorted now - I've finally got all my injections, travel insurance and today I applied for my Visa. It's all feeling very surreal and I'm slightly panicked as it feels like I've got so much to do still. Finding trousers to wear out there is realistically a simple task and should be enjoyable as it's shopping but I'm getting very stressed about it!
I will update my blog as the countdown to Africa gets ever nearer...
Becca
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