I've arrived safely at Kilimanjaro Bush Camp in Kimana, Kenya! The long anticipated transition went smoothly and the Olympics against the Kenya group was a lot of fun!
My last few days in Tanzania were amazing. After finals ended, about a week and a half ago, we had about 3 days of free time fun time. The Sunday after our last final we went back to Watoto Care Orphanage and built the children a swing out of logs and rope. It was great and looked a lot cleaner than I expected.
The next day was another Serena Lodge day! It was comprised of buffet and swimming, also me breaking my 8 day streak of vegetarianism. Such a great day to become normal again!
Then on Tuesday, we got a goat from the market for the goat roast. He was tied to the satellite dish next to the kitchen, we named him Bucket after my future goat pet. Kind of morbid, I know.
At around 2pm we took him down to the fire pit to be slaughtered. I don't think I should post pictures of that, don't know who might freak out. While he was cooking a group got together to go down to Zebra Handcraft, a local curio shop with a bar! We all got a little silly and came back to camp for Bucket! He was pretty tasty.
The next morning we said our goodbyes to the Havennature staff :(, then left for Kenya. On our way we stopped in Arusha to get some milkshakes and to go to the grocery store. A REAL GROCERY STORE! I spent about $40 USD on 6 kit kats, 4 snickers, toothpaste, 2 boxes of cookies, apples, and a white chocolate bar.
A few hours later and we were at the Kilimanjaro Bush Camp!!! The other group was ready in the parking lot to greet us.
The next day was the Olympics! Here are some pictures of the games:
In the end we won more than Kenya, giving us the title as the Olympic champions!
Now about the KBC site. It is a lot bigger and better suited for our program. The library is larger, there are more bathroom facilities, the chef is an ex-Serena Lodge chef!!, the Bandas (huts) are roomy with 4 beds and 4 dressers, there is a field in the middle of the site for playing games and sports, and the running track gets a view of Kilimanjaro! There's actually a view of Kilimanjaro from pretty much anywhere in camp!
A few days after our arrival, we got the opportunity to do a Maasai home stay. I paried up with Sateesh and we both were paired with a Maasai warrior. We went to his Boma early in the morning and stayed until about 5pm. Even though it was only about 10 hours, it seemed like a longlonglong time.
We started by helping our Maasai herd his cows out to graze. We both got sticks and guided the cows out for about an hour, turned them around and brought them back. After, we came back and our Maasai's wife made us some hot tea with biscuits! After we cut down some spiky trees to help fortify the Boma. At around 12 we had a tasty lunch of Ugali and Cabbage! After lunch we rested and worked a little more on the Boma! It was an amazing experience and
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