Thursday, January 1, 2009

Samburu Tribe

We visited a small private Samburu village, it was one of the most authentic tastes yet. The people were very kind and educating.
This was James, he had been to school, studied and now lives in his village making improvements and helping his people. He was so tall! I kept telling him that Kobe Bryant would soon be done :) he just smiled
The women do all the work- imagine- The huts take 3 weeks to build on average. 
We watched them start a fire with sticks- no stones with sparks. 
Towards the end I saw some of the men practicing their bowing skills away from the village- well being from Idaho I could not resist showing them my "bowing skills". 3 years of watching of my scout brothers, yeah, you better believe I hit the target. They were all laughing and so impressed. It was such a highlight.








Monkey Check

The Zebras were surprisingly chubby. Maybe it's from growing up with horses but obviously the Zebras are not having trouble finding food. The riddle is "Is it a black with white stripes or a white with black stripes "?? now I know but can't relay it, you must find out for yourself.
Getting back one night to the lodges, there was a monkey check. Monkeys stop your vehicle by sitting in front of it and wait until payment is made which consists of nuts or berries. Sometimes they don't even wait for the toss they will kindly jump on your vehicle and wait. They were very playful.