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Jambo, yesterday I went on a day trip to visit the maissi After spending most of saterday with out power. We went out for dinner all 10 of us to a restaurant across the road at the bottom of the pathway. We all got out our touches and risked going down the pathway. We are told to take a taxi but because their was ten of us we risked it. The meal was all cooked freshly and was good, well mine was. Then yesterday we spent the day with the massai. WE had a very long bumpy ride there. The road disapeared and we seem to just we traveling thriouh a field. With lots of holes it felt like the car would topple. when we got there al brused. we were wellcommed by all the mamas and the childern. All singing and dancing for us. we shook there ahand s and the kids all walked over at different points bowing there heads for you to pat them they were mostly very young 4,3, two and some could bearly wal. some were on the backs of the mothers while they were danceing. we then did beading with the mamas and talked about their lives and ours they live a completely different life to us as in the men can have as many wives as they like and they expect all their wives to have food ready for them at any time of the day. The mamas have no choice in who they marry and were very surprised that none of us were married or had childern. Its a very different world
All the clothes they had were dirty and scrappy. I gave them a bag full of baby clothes that I had brought over This they said would be very useful for the next generations of childern 2 of the mamas were expecting. WE then joined the maissi worriers. And they killed a goat in our honner. I'm sure we didn't need them to do that but thats their tradition. They did do it humanly and then they ate its kidneys and other parts of the body and its blood. I didn't try any of thant though I did try the cooked liver and cooked goat meat.I was alot of hanging around while they cut uop and ate the goat. They also made some soup. It taste awful was very gross and just looked like dirty water or washing up water.
They then had a massai disco were male and female dance and tell each other they like each other. by the way they dance. both paties jumping and the mamas moving there beasds. I didn't join in with this but Charlotte did and got 7 marriage proposal,. We then had the long drive back to arusha.
Today I haven't felt well this morning so slept all afternoon and sun bathed . so muist say bye for now
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