A travel blog wouldn’t be complete without amusingly double-entendrified everyday products, and some photos of ace local stuff. Here is my contribution to the cause:
Doing my laundry by hand was Toss
Here I am with my very own bucket of Toss laundry detergent (available in blue or white varieties, I’m not sure why).
Want to know why Kenyans are so good at running? They run marathons for breakfast. Every day. Here are some of the guys that regularly ran past us on our way to the school:
Faster! Faster!
There are giraffes in our backyard. Well, in the next door field. I shall say no more.
No explanation needed
Awesome views. Especially sunsets. And especially sunsets from Savannah’s bar, set high up on the hillside overlooking the Maasai plains. And of course no electricity means no light pollution, so once the sun has set, the night skies are super clear – you can see galaxies! Unfortunately I’ve not managed as yet to capture this on camera, but bear with me and please believe me for now.
The Savannah Sunset resort. Sadly usually closes at sunset unless invaded by Western volunteers wanting to spend money
The Maasai are one of the more colourful Kenyan peoples. Their gorgeously coloured clothes and handmade beadwork brighten up the dingiest rainy day
Pottering along
OH AND I ALMOST FORGOT! Food is not only amazingly fresh and tasty, it is pretty cheap here. I got ALL THIS for 87p!
Yum.
LOVE the giraffe pic and the woman pottering along!!
Thanks! I think visually they were the most awesome bits about Kimuka