And now for another update from Leslie, that great Woman of the World, as she has begun her second stint in the Peace Corps:

"Well I am in Nairobi for the second time....ya it is nice to have a hot shower instead or a splash/bucket bath. It is also nice to know how much variety is here. They basically have everything, it is a little more expensive but it is here. So things are going well though I do miss electricity and running water. It is beautiful here and so green because of the short rains. So my situation is that I live with a great family and am going through all the great training excersizes, they aren't so fun... if I see another flip chart I may just go off the deep end. To more serious matters, my living situation is a few worlds wrapped in one. Often at night I call the family on my Global phone in a room lit by a parafin hurricane lamp while my host mother cooks on here charcoal stove and my brother watches a black and white tv (everybody loves Raymond) which is powered by a car battery that is charged during the day by a solar panel. Life doesn't get more strange. THough surprisingly it all seems so normal.

"I am having a nice time with all my fellow trainees, though I have to say they are not the typical PCV's I imagined. THey are all techies and there is a large group of fairly religious folk. THey have bible study groups... whatever makes you happy, I just didn't expect so many conservative people in Kenya. They are all great and we are all enduring acclimating into kenyan society together. It is a great country. THough it seems I have found political unrest yet again. Elections are just around the corner and people have been protesting a lot. Who would have thought I could find more protestors. Maybe I should be a political reporter I am always in the midst of the action.

"Well I miss all you folks, it seems like I have been here forever.
Love ya, Les"