Visit wit Maruge #8

Today I got up bright and early a little to early if you ask me but I had to catch my plane back to America. THe plane ride was so long!!! It was about 40 hours long. I flew out of the Nairobi airport to New york city and sadly I had to keep going I wanted to stay in New York for a night but I had to get back because of school! Then from New York I flew straight to L.A then a little flight to Santa Barbara. When I got into Santa Barbara my parents were waiting for my on the other side of the gate my mom was so happy for me to filly be home! During the whole car ride home my mom was asking me lots go questions about my trip! I think that, that was the most fun trip ever and I hope to go back to Africa soon and to travel in more parts then just Kenya. 

Visit with maruge #7

Today I woke up and I definitely had the best nights sleep on the whole trip because at Maruge's hut I slept on a mat on front, in front of the fire place. Maruge offered me his mattress and he would sleep on the mat but I took the mat.  After I got up and got dressed I went down stair to the Muthaiga Club dinning room to have some breakfast. The food was pretty good but it did not beat those fresh eggs Maruge gave me. Next I  hoped on a Matatu and road it over to Giraffe Manor. Giraffe Manor is pretty much an old English house set on a big filed. You can go up on the second story and a Giraffe will come up to the window and the Giraffes will eat out of your hand! On the big field it is kind of like a sanctuary and there aren't only Giraffes there, there are bird and plants native to that area. When I was done feeding the giraffes I walked around the garden part. After I did that I was very hungry so I went over to the little dinning room place. I ordered tea and biscuits I thought that, that was appropriator since I was in an old English house. After I finished my last biscuit I saw the Matatu pull up in front of the house, I through some money on the table where I was sitting and ran out and hoped on the Matatu. When I got on I asked the driver if he could take me to the Nairobi National Park? The drive said of course and we were on our way for another bumpy ride. When we got to the Park I jumped on a Jeep that was about to leave to do a tour around the park. When we started on the tour it felt like we were the only people in the whole park! It was amazing how many animals there were and we were and we were literally right out side of Nairobi.  Next we stopped for a back break and there were baboons left and right with blue butts and they were trying to steel our food! Its a smallish park so it did not take us long to get back to where we started. I hopped back on a Matatu and when back to the Muthaiga Club to go for a dip in their wonderful swimming pool and have a pool side smoothie (I sure am lucky to stay here!). Now it's time to go back to my room to get dressed for dinner. The food was great and very elegant. I have to go t sleep now because I have to get up bright and early in the morning tomorrow! 

Giraffe Manor 

Nairobi National Park

Visit with Maruge #6

This morning I woke up and  Maruge was making me breakfast. It was Chapati which is a fried flat bread like pita bread and we also had Chai which is a little bit of tea and a lot of milk and sugar. After breakfast I packed up all of my stuff because I was going to go to Nairobi for the rest of my trip because there is not much other things to do in Elderet.  Before I got on to the Matatu, Maruge took me to the school that we visited, so that I could say good by to all of the people that I meat there. All of the little kids were saying kwaheri which means goodbye in Swahili. After that we had to rush over to the Matatu stop so that I did not miss my Matatu. When we got to the Matatu stop Maruge gave me a big hug and said kwaheri and hope to see you soon! Then I said the same to him. "That was the most fun week of my life!!" I told Maruge then I told him that I would keep in touch but then I had to get on the Matatu. So, I got in a started a long bumpy and dusty trip back to Nairobi. If you wandering why Maruge did not come with me to Nairobi it's because it's a long way and Maruge just did not really want to. When I finally got to Nairobi I went to The Muthaiga Club. Although it's a privet club my mother used to be member and I brought her old membership card and I got in so that I could stay two nights. The Mathaiga Club dates back to the colonial eaira and Africans and women were not allowed got be members. My mom spent a lot of time there after they started allowing women. So my mom wanted me to see it. If you ever saw the movie "Out of Africa" it is the club where Meryl Streep, playing Karen Blixen was kicked out of the bar. When I entered the Hotel it is very prestiges and fancy so I go up to my room and I change into m fancy clothes and head down to the dining room for dinner. The food was so delicious!!! When I finished my meal I dragged myself up to my room and passed out on my comfortable bed.

Visit with Maruge 5

Today I woke up and Maruge was hard at work making scrambled eggs and the eggs were so fresh he had just collected them. After we ate out breakfast, we hoped into a Matatu heading to Lake Victoria. A Matatu is a small bus with people crammed in and hanging of the sides. They are decorated with bright paint and streamers and they were incredible bright and colorful. They did not care about seat belts but how many people they could fit in one. When we got to the Lake we first went fishing for some Tilapia. Tilapia is a fish that is native to Lake Victoria. After we caught our fish we cleaned it and then fried it and ate it. It was the best Tilapia I ever had the freshest to! After we ate our lunch we sat by the Lake for 30 minutes and digested our food. Them hoped in the Lake for a swim/bath. The water felt great and it was pretty warm to! When we were about to get back on the Matatu and we saw a little Café so we stop in to get some dinner, because it's a long way back to Eldoret. Maruge ordered for us Irio, Sukuma Wiki and Ugali. Irio is a Kikuyu dish that is mashed peas, potatoes and corn. Sukuma Wiki ("Stretch the Week") is Kale and tomatoes. Ugali is corn meal mush and is a staple for Kenyans and is like bread. Maruge ordered for himself a large Tusker Beer. The food was kind of bland for me except for the Sukuma Wiki was delicious! After we devoured our food we got back on the Matatu for a really long and bumpy ride home. I did not feel to good on most of the ride. But we finally got back to Maruge's hut and we both went straight to bed! Here are some pictures of the Lake.

Visit with Maruge 4

Now its the third day here in Eldoret and Maruge is going to take us on a Safari to see some animals.  We saw Giraffes, Lions, Elephants, Zebras and much, much more animals! We were going with a tour guide because Maruge dose not have a car. So, we got in a Jeep and and drove to the middle of no where. We saw so many animals, I lost count! The ride was very bumpy and very dusty and quit a few times I felt like I was going to see my breakfast again! I got lots of good pictures of animals! When we got back to Maruge's hut we were both very tired out so we just went to sleep with our dinner because we weren't really hungry.

Visit with Maruge #3

Today we woke up bright and early grabbed a quick bit to eat and then we went to school! If you wandering why we went to school it's because Maruge is famous for being a 84 year old man and going to school. So, today we are going to go to his school, well it's not his school but it's the school that he went to.  Kapkenduiywo Primary School was the school he went to. When we got to the school all of the kids new Maruge and were jumping up and down singing a song and some of them were dancing also! A lot of the kids came up to me and hugged me, they were all very sweet! The day was lots of fun I told the kids about America and my friends, my friends and Santa Barbara. The kids thought that America sounded weird but they all wanted to go! Some of the kids taught me how to say Hello and how are you. You say Hello like this Habari and How are you like this Hadari Gani. When the school day was done we walked back to Maruge's house and we passed a group of drunk old guys. They we kind of creepy! When we got back to Maruge's hut we pretty much just talked for a while and then we made dinner another delicious meal then when to sleep. Before I when to sleep I bought about how lucky we are in America to have ally hat we have and here in Eldoret most people don't have running water into their hut ket along electricity! But the Kenyans they don't care that they don't have a great live full of riches but they are happy and intertane them selves with songs and dancing! Here is a video of some children dancing and singing.

Maruge's Visit 2

Today was really nice and relaxing. First when I woke up there was a nice hot breakfast waiting for me it was scrambled eggs, patatoes and some or things that I'm not quite sure what they were but they were good! After we finished our breakfast and washed our plates, Maruge took me around his village and introduced me to all of his friends. Then after we walked the town we came back to his hut and I helped him make dinner. Usually the wife or mother dose all the cooking but since all of his family died in the Mau Mau Uprising. At dinner he said that we were going to have a special guest. At dinner the special guest was his old teacher Jane and a little girl that was his friend when he went to Kapkenduiywo Primary School. The dinner was delicious! I don't know what it was, but I think it was some meat and beans and probably some corn thing.  After we had finished dinner I was very tired mostly because of jet lag. So, we walk Jane and the little girl to the van and said good night and see you tomorrow because we were going to spend more time with them.
This is a picture of Maruge's hut.

Maruge's visit 1

I'm so exited today were on our way to visit Maruge!  He lives Eldoret which is a small village in Kenya. Since they live in a really small village, we are flying into Nairobi and Maruge is meeting us there and then we are all going to take a bus to his village. I'm getting really tired, this plane ride is SO long! I'll tell you more about my adventures tomorrow talk to you later!

MY STOP IN ELDORET, KENYA

On my way home from South Sudan, I stopped in Kenya. I was invited to the village of Eldoret.





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