Safari

Since Friday we have been at Masai Mara and we just got back today. The day we got there we went on a night safari. We saw a lot of animals like rhinos, giraffes(my favorite), lions, cheetahs, zebras and many more. We didn't see them all in one night but through out the course of the weekend. The second day we went to see the Masai tribe. They wear bright red to scare away the dangerous animals. When we got there the chief showed us around and right as soon as we walked through there gate they had a song and dance for us. The women sang and behind them were some younger men (I think either in there late teens and twenty's) that would jump. They jump amazingly high. It turns out whoever jumps the highest gets the prettiest girlfriends. The men have more than one wife and the wife has to build the house ( which is made of mud and poo, gross). At the end of the dance the guys started coming toward us. One guy came and got me and then another one came and got Julie. We ended up dancing the very end of the song with them. It was so fun! We took a lot of pictures and a video of of us with them, they were super nice. After that the chief showed us one of the houses. It is a one roomed house with two beds on each side and a place where they made food. They add cows blood to their milk. We didn't try it and I am kinda glad but it would have been interesting. After that we went to their stores and each family has one and we got souvenirs. A lot of their things are made of beads and brightly colored ones too. That was the best day and I wish I could do it again. Today we went on a morning safari. We were mainly looking for a leopard, It was the one out of the top five we couldn't find. The top five were rhino, elephant, lions, leopard, and cape buffalo. This weekend was really fun and relaxing. In a little while we are going to Nancy's (she helps Julie around the house) and she is making a traditional Kenyan meal for us.So I will blog some more tomorrow, bye.