Today is 24th July 2014.
Please click on the pictures to see them in full. Photos were clicked by my better half and that is why they are so good.
We are in Ark and since it rained we were not able to see many animals. Hubby says he could not hear any animal roaring (which we had heard in our earlier staying places) but only my snoring!!
We had to get up early as the BF is at 6 a.m. We have bf and leave for Abardere Lodge.
We reach there around 7.30a.m. and John is waiting for us with Safari Trail vehicle. It is really nice to see Mr. John.
It is a very very long journey to the place where we are going . It is called 'Amboseli' It is around 8+ hours journey We buy some Bananas on the way. nice ones. We take the road of Mumbasa (the port city of Kenya ) and bypass Nairobi. {Nairobi is (in)famous for its traffic woes}. We drive and drive and drive.......
In this trip we have to do lot of driving around and all the game drives are very bumpy and dusty . The travel is quite strenuous.
So these rides are referred as African Powder Massage.
We manage to reach Amboseli around 2.30 p.m. and Lunch is waiting there.
Again a lovely place of stay.
All the staying places chosen are big places, with lovely cottages spread out with hut like appearance, very native in decor with all modern facilities. This is a big room with 3 beds and a mosquito net in each bed. Electricity is run by generator in almost all Resorts. Here it is available only after 6 p.m. till 11 p.m.and 5 a.m. to 11 a.m. We get ready and go for a game ride.
First we visit a Masai (tribal )village each one has to pay 25 $ per person to go into the village. Masai man have many wives and live in groups and have many cattle mainly cow. They eat only meat and drink cows blood and do not eat wild animals and hence they are allowed to live in and around the National Parks.
This village is very pathetic. Every where cow dung and lots of flies and dusty children. They perform Masai dance of jumping up and down. I feel very sorry for the kids.
They have a very low roof dark huts which don't have windows as they don't want mosquitoes to enter their huts. Women do all the chores including building the huts. They don't want to change their ways . Kids are not even aware of the world outside their tiny villages and the wild and have no chance to get to know the world. There are some elementary schools nearby to which the kids are sent. They show some wares (necklace etc with beads) and try to sell it to us, but I understand that it is not made by them but they have got it from Tanzania. We don't buy anything and we proceed to game drive.
The Masai Jumping Dance.
The Kids.
The Huts.
The Ear Decoration
We see Elephants. Amboseli is a place inhabited by lots of Elephants. It was already late and we had to get out before 6.30p.m. so we did not stop to look at the Elephants. But Mr. John promises to have one more game drive as bonus next day morning on our way to Tanzanian border.
The Walking Secretary Bird
The Huge Elephants of Amboseli
We come back and sleep. This is our last night in Kenya as tomorrow we will be in Tanzania..
Please click on the pictures to see them in full. Photos were clicked by my better half and that is why they are so good.
We are in Ark and since it rained we were not able to see many animals. Hubby says he could not hear any animal roaring (which we had heard in our earlier staying places) but only my snoring!!
We had to get up early as the BF is at 6 a.m. We have bf and leave for Abardere Lodge.
We reach there around 7.30a.m. and John is waiting for us with Safari Trail vehicle. It is really nice to see Mr. John.
It is a very very long journey to the place where we are going . It is called 'Amboseli' It is around 8+ hours journey We buy some Bananas on the way. nice ones. We take the road of Mumbasa (the port city of Kenya ) and bypass Nairobi. {Nairobi is (in)famous for its traffic woes}. We drive and drive and drive.......
In this trip we have to do lot of driving around and all the game drives are very bumpy and dusty . The travel is quite strenuous.
So these rides are referred as African Powder Massage.
We manage to reach Amboseli around 2.30 p.m. and Lunch is waiting there.
Again a lovely place of stay.
All the staying places chosen are big places, with lovely cottages spread out with hut like appearance, very native in decor with all modern facilities. This is a big room with 3 beds and a mosquito net in each bed. Electricity is run by generator in almost all Resorts. Here it is available only after 6 p.m. till 11 p.m.and 5 a.m. to 11 a.m. We get ready and go for a game ride.
First we visit a Masai (tribal )village each one has to pay 25 $ per person to go into the village. Masai man have many wives and live in groups and have many cattle mainly cow. They eat only meat and drink cows blood and do not eat wild animals and hence they are allowed to live in and around the National Parks.
This village is very pathetic. Every where cow dung and lots of flies and dusty children. They perform Masai dance of jumping up and down. I feel very sorry for the kids.
They have a very low roof dark huts which don't have windows as they don't want mosquitoes to enter their huts. Women do all the chores including building the huts. They don't want to change their ways . Kids are not even aware of the world outside their tiny villages and the wild and have no chance to get to know the world. There are some elementary schools nearby to which the kids are sent. They show some wares (necklace etc with beads) and try to sell it to us, but I understand that it is not made by them but they have got it from Tanzania. We don't buy anything and we proceed to game drive.
The Masai Village
The Women folk
The Masai Jumping Dance.
The Kids.
The Huts.
The Ear Decoration
The Market that sprang up suddenly.
We see Elephants. Amboseli is a place inhabited by lots of Elephants. It was already late and we had to get out before 6.30p.m. so we did not stop to look at the Elephants. But Mr. John promises to have one more game drive as bonus next day morning on our way to Tanzanian border.
The Walking Secretary Bird
The Huge Elephants of Amboseli
We come back and sleep. This is our last night in Kenya as tomorrow we will be in Tanzania..
1 comment:
Masai village, its folks, men, women and kids, their lifestyle is a far cry from present day world.
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