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Published: September 5th 2008
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Masai Men dancing
They are known for their ability to jump very high I feel like I have just spent the last 12 days traveling all over the world!!!
After having such a fab time in Uganda it was really hard to leave our tour guide and get ready to meet a new one. I have met some really awesome people on this tour and luckily they were all traveling to Kenya to start the next leg as well. So at 4am 10 of us squeezed into this tiny van. I had to sit in a tiny seat in the middle of the front drivers seat, which later proves to be very uncomfortable and we begin the long road trip to Kenya. Original anticipated time of arrival was about 2pm but as the day went on we soon realised we would not make it till after dark. The reads through this region are............. horrifying. There is sealed roads but they have not been maintained and have endless pot holes. So everyone drives down the sides which is where we would usually find the gutter. We actually had to make two stops due to flat tyres but all the guys chipped in and the problem was fixed as quickly as possible. OMG! Fifteen and
Lake Nakuru
The scenic veiw at the top of Baboon Hill a half hours later we arrived in Nakuru, very tired, annoyed and hungry. I will never complain about Australian roads again!!!!
The following day we did a game drive through Nakuru National Park. This is a smaller park which is really good because their is a larger concentration of animals. This is the place were the flamingoes migrate to and it was a glorious sight to see thousands of these birds all together. We also had a close encounter with some white Rhinos which was great. The funniest was watching the baboons trying to jump through the windows of our truck. They are very cheeky creatures. We spent some time at baboon hill overlokking Lake Nakuru. I got some great photos.
I was blown away by my visit to the orphange in Nakuru. They are in great need of support and gain minimal funding from the government in Kenya. The orphange was set up by an Australian couple who still continue the work today. Their daughter, who came to begin the orphanage with them, showed us around and I was lost for words. We had dinner with the children and sang songs they were sooooo cute. I want
to bring them all home..... but I can't. I am going to send some money their way when I get home and would also encourage anyone who has thought about supporting an organisation in Africa that this is the one!
We have had some interesting times with our new guide and truck. We have a chef who is not very good ha ha ha. Our guide was not very personable at the beginning but he has slowly grown on me. Everything has been escalated by the fact we have had even more car trouble. I can't remeber the exact order of things but in the last 12 days we have had a broken fan belt and was absolutley bogged which took along long time to sort out. I could not believe that the truck got bogged in the middle of nowhere!!!!. The best part was that this happened in the middle of Masai land and when they saw the truck we had at least 50 Masais come from nowhere to help out and sell us loads of stuff. I must admit that I am getting sick of people trying to sell me things. It gets tiresome and they jusy
won't go away.
So while we were trying to unbogg the truck I happened to observe to Masai Women fighting. About what? I don't know but they were pushing and pulling each other pretty weel. Then all of sudden this Masai dude walks over with some men and starts to whip and beat the women with a cane stick. I was........... so shocked. My face must have looked so funny. The women stopped fighting and the men walked over to us. Now, naturally I was very scared but they simply walked over to us and said they had to teach the women a lesson because they always argue. The Masai people are an interesting kind and I reccomend that everyone read the book 'The White Masai' I have just finished it and could not put it down. These people were originally nomadic and still build their homes out of cow dung. The men are allowed to have as many wives as they like as long as they can afford to keep them and there cattle are revered. The men are not allowed to eat meet in front of women and the women are still circumcised today!!!! We visited a
In the babies room at the Orphanage
Yes yes I was very clucky and wanted to take this one home. village the other day aand I went inside one of their cow dung 'manyattas'. They also danced for us and we visited the children at school.
I could write heaps more but am running out of time. I miss everyone! Especially the gang! Congrats to Rach and Gerry. Can't wait for the wedding!!!!! No eloping girl!!!
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wilson pesi
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i really like the way they live and their code of dressing and culture.