After a beautiful sleep in the Masai tents, a few students awoke at 5:30 am to run through the land with our Masai guide, Sankale. Everyone else sprung to life a bit later and enjoyed a homemade breakfast from the Masai cook. This delicious breakfast was followed by a trip to a girls’ secondary school. The students were thrilled to receive the donated bags. Their excitement filled our hearts with happiness.
Our next stop was a co-ed primary school. As part of our visit, the head master provided us with a tour of the school and classes. Even with a language barrier we immediately bonded with young Kenyan children. We were all inspired to take many pictures, and we so enjoy playing with the kids. Our visit to the school lasted much of the day.
When we arrived back to our new Masai home, we explored the beautiful land with our Masai guides. They showed us a cave where they train their warriors and taught us a song. We were introduced to more herbs and plants and were told of their medicinal purposes. After the walk some students played an archery game with a Masai, Tomboi.
After, we headed down to a Masai village and met the locals. We documented their living situation with still shots, audio and video. Our guides translated our questions and their answers. We came back home at nightfall and ate dinner. For some students, sleep came easy while other students visited the hot springs and others sat by the fire talking and singing to some Masai. Eventually we all returned to our tents and fell into a peaceful sleep.
Gaby and Ashley (Flamingos)
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