last week coastin' by. few classes, meetings, some final episodes of six feet under, laundry, tae-bo at the gym and girl's day at the street kid center. i sat with purity and talked about her baby she's to deliver in the next month and how she wants to meet my mom (another reason you have to come visit kenya, cyndi) and how she wants to learn to sew so she can get off the street. she lets me practice my swahili and translates what i don't understand. i will miss her, for sure. and will be back soon enough to meet her baby.
purity and i
and for our final weekend in eldoret, we took off to maasai mara. world famous. home to the 8th wonder of the world. full of lions. we took the rogue route, and just hired a matatu and picked up a maasai warrior on the side of the road in narock. we camped and ate about half a dozen peanut butter sandwiches. the maasai guy's name was Lawrence and was 20 and married with a baby girl. he wasn't technically a warrior yet, 'cause he hasn't killed a lion, but that practice is becoming outdated due to conservation efforts. we cruised around in our van and saw all sorts of animals.
the sky is so huge and the african savannah is actually as beautiful as you have probably imagined. hanging out of the window brought that infinite feeling where you wish everyone you love could be there to see it with you.
{sigh} the final week is here. (see ya'll soon!)
Lawrence and our driver
the meg(h)an's jumping 'cause they were in tanzania
twigas
tembo
zebras: as cute as you think they are
a view of the park in the morning
the king of the jungle
the african savannah
this article on rwanda is interesting. and on thursday night at da club, i spent the night collecting names of songs in my cell phone. here's a little taste of the hot kenyan jams (future dance parties just got a lil bit better.)
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