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After weeks of anticipation, rural week had finally arrived! In the morning we packed the last of our things and boarded the bus for the 7-hour journey to Kisumu. Along the way we passed the most beautiful tea plantations. There were rolling green hills framed by the brilliant blue sky and white puffy clouds. It was an image straight out of a fairy tale. We stopped for lunch at Javahouse in Nukuru, much to everyone’s delight, before continuing on to Kisumu. We arrived at the Kiboko Bay Resort (Kiboko is the Swahili word for Hippo), where we would stay until we drove out to the village the next day. The place was right on the shore of Lake Victoria, the headwaters of the Nile and the second largest freshwater lake in the world. We split up into groups of two or three to share the rooms in the permanent tents. After dropping our stuff we spent the remainder of the afternoon wandering around, marveling at the lake, and relaxing by the pool. As the sun started to set we stood on the dock and watched the beautiful orange sky above the lapping waves. We met up for dinner outside in the cool evening breeze but soon had to move inside as it started to pour torrentially. After a delicious dinner and good conversation we headed back to our tents to enjoy a last hot shower and comfy bed before the real rural week began.