Lake Naivasha

Day 26
8:00 Breakfast
10:00 Leave for Lake Naivasha
1:00 Lunch Stop
2:30 Arrive at Lake Naivasha
4:30 Hippo Drive
7:00 Dinner
7:30 Archaeology



Kasoi Having A Nap

   On the long truck drive today Kasoi told us a bit about himself; "His ears were cut (in the Masai tradition) the day after his birth. Since he didn't cry he was given cattle. He told us about bringing cattle up from the Mara to sell in Nairobi. It's a 9 day walk. He will bring approximately 6-10 cattle every two years. They sell the bulls for about 600$ and back in the Mara he can buy 4 young cattle for selling 1 bull. He can take a bus back to the Mara when he's got his money and his family does the shopping. On his 9 day walk the only meat he eats is sheep. He puts his cattle in a wooden fence that he makes every night and builds fires around it. he sleeps outside the fence on a bed of grass. The Masai people are amazing!"
We are camping in a fenced in compound. The fence is an electric fence. One of the camp staff put his wet laundry on the electric fence and got zapped, poor guy! There are cabins for the professors and we have two building for studying in. There were stinging nettles in the grass, a lot of people found out the hard way and got stung. 10 years ago today I got an inside look at the Masai people and came to appreciate the differences between cultures.





Driving Past Suswa

 



Mount Logonot

Lake Naivasha