The second, and longest day of the safari, brought us to elephants, hippos, hyenas, and lion cubs, along with everything from the other day. We saw wildebeests gathering to cross the river as part of the Great Migration, the largest mammal migration on the planet. For lunch we even stepped out of the safari van, just to re-enter the food chain a little.
After the game drive, we toured a village of the Maasai people, one of the Kenyan tribes maintaining their traditional ways of life. They live in mud huts, practice polygamy, herd goats and cattle, and see themselves as lion-hunting warriors. The Maasai are known for their brightly colored red robes, and are seen herding their animals, in traditional dress, all over southwestern Kenya. I learned that even in remote mud-hut villages of cattle herders, you exit through the gift shop. Welcome to our village, now buy a crappy carving of a rhino.
Nairobi, Kenya
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