Mara House

We are so pleased and fortunate to have the opportunity to have a family adventure. Our trip see's us move out of our house and spend time in Switzerland. We then embark on a trip through the Southern part of Africa for 2 months taking in Egypt, Kenya, ...

... the food they supplied in each box. Another bad experience in Kenya. We were hungry by the time we reached Nancy’s house and fortunately, she served us nice food. Our arrangement with the travel agent (African Quest Safaris) was that our trip with ...

... minute away from actually throwing a tantrum when you are 26 years old, but there it is.  When we finally got back to the IU House, Don was amazing again and escorted me over to House 3 so I could steal their hot water and have a nice shower.  I ...

... day life. - men are allowed 3 wives - houses are made from mud and sticks and only last 5 years - there are two rooms in the house, one for the family and one for the cows - if they didn't go to school they got their ear torn, so they have a big ...

... which is communal for any Maasai families. Most of the Maasai families have many cattles and as we passed our drive, we saw many manyattas (their house). The diet of Maasai is heavy with cow's milk, blood, and meat. It is shown that their diet is low with ...

... below out-jumping the Masai leader! Ignoring pleas to stay on as rulers of the village, we paid an unforgettable visit to a Masai house - a dark low-ceilinged room constructed from wood and cow dung. Liz and one of the other girls were invited to sit on ...

... like this - 7 cows are the dowry payment for a wife and 1 cow costs about $110. Of course, each wife gets there own house inside the village, however, they must make it themselves with sticks and cow dung! All in all it was a good trip even though 24 ...

... just for the Masai - our driver had to pay the same price for his wife. The Masai women are the workers. They build the house from cow and elephant dung, and remake it every few years when it falls apart. They raise the children, cook the food, carry ...

... what the cattle in the west can but they are hugely important to the Maasai people. They even build their villages in circles and house the cattle in the centre of the village, building huge hedges around to keep the lions out. I read in Bob Geldof's ...

... of the migration.  Such was our expectation: but first we had to get there... After being picked up at our guest house by a friendly guy named Jackson, initially we were alone in our safari wagon and considered that maybe we'd lucked into a private ...

... in Nairobi, unpacked the food that Pauline had bought for us to prepare in our guest houses, took a shower and went to the Green House for supper.  After supper, we met with Amy Bemm to go over our schedule for the week and fought to keep our eyes ...

... you my tent + 4100ksh . I am very zealous." Mike says " NO" Went to a few night clubs in Nairobi - Mad House and Pavement - the former filled with prostitutes and a few mzungus, the latter filled with economic prostitutes. John has realised the ladies ...

... Masai Game reserve. We checked in our hotel (which turned out to be beautiful; there were small 3 person tents and a large Main House where we ate and hung out. It reminded us of a Monestary, very relaxing and surrounded by beautiful landscape), and went ...

... On top of the wildlife I saw yesterday, today I saw a cheetah, doing an impression of me after a Sunday roast at Soko's house. It was punching way above its weight and had caught, killed and eaten a large antelope, it’s stomach was outrageously ...

... fireplace where everything is cooked in the center. On one wall is a rack for firewood and cooking, drinking and eating utensils. The house has two bedrooms, one in front of the kitchen/living room (this is where the father and the boys sleep) and ...

... where I was going to dive into the deep end once more and meet an entirely new group of people. I went back to Regina’s house – the place I always stay in Nairobi for $5 a night. I met lots of new people again... however I would struggle to ...

... to take on a shadowy form.  The entrance to the hut was hidden behind the jutting inside wall of the alcove to house calves and so light from outside was almost totally blocked.  Against the alcove wall were two crude chairs made of wood ...

... PM when they put out food for the hyenas.  Tonight's viewing was disappointing, for only one hyena showed up, along with many mongoose and house cats, who were able to scare off the hyena. Go figure. Then it was off to bed to rest up for a full-day ...

... women. The village was self sustained, with about 200 people living there. They showed us around, and we were even invited into the house of the chiefs son. They showed us how to make fire and just showed us all about their day to day life in the ...