Day: January 5, 2014


Sea and Culture

Friday afternoon Joe came and collected us and drove us to Kikambala, then we went to North Coast for a swim – the tide was actually HIGH!

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After Swimming drinks.
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The hotel has Christmas design painted on the walls.
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Lucy and her maasai boyfriend

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On Saturday we went to Bombolulu Workshops and Cultural Center. This is a mijikenda kaya

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In the Luo homestead.

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Lucy looks for her Maasai boyfriend

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And Lydia tries too

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In a Luhya home

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Making Giriama music

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In the Swahili house, not very elegant but surprisingly comfortable

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Thank you Lydia

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Swahili bed

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Jacob and Lydia

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The traditional dance show

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Time to join in (badly)

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Meld escaped the dancing, but Lucy got her with a hat

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Farewell

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On the way home (via Nakumatt) we bought a plant – seemed like a good idea, but it was rather heavy and we had a mile to walk!

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Back home, treating the puppies for ticks with big dollops of Vaseline

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