Hey everyone,
Day 3 of our safari was another exciting day. We decided to do some walking today and Richard organized for us to go with 3 guides from a local village to take us on tour.
It was mostly a tour on how the Africans set up their villages, make their huts, hunt, plant food, etc. It was very interesting. We kept walking for about 3 hours until we got down to the big lake. Along the way there was Masai kids watching over their goat and cow herds. They ran along side us as we walked (and were very interested in out watches).
We decided we were too lazy to take the 3 hour walk back and Richard got a phone call to ask him to bring the trucks to collect us! We then had a leisurely lunch together with Richard and our drivers Harry and Simba before starting our 2 hour journey back to St Judes.
The best thing about staying at the school is that everyone has gotten to see first hand how the school works and how amazing the kids are.
Consequently several of the Trekkers have decided to sponsor kids which is fantastic. Tomorrow morning we are going out on home visits to the families of the kids they are going to sponsor to meet them and see how they live.
So, on the way back we asked Richard to stop at the "store" for us so we could buy the families some things to take on our visits like rice, flour and gifts for the kids. We had such fun buying things for these families who have nothing - basic necessities that we take for granted.
Tonight we are going to a place called Khans (also known as "chicken on a bonnet"). This is because of a day it is a mechanics and of a night they turn it into an eating place - should prove interesting! The food is supposed to be really really good.
The highlight of my day was finally meeting Gemma Sisia (the founder and director of the school). What an amazingly inspirational lady. She stayed for ages and talked to us about how far the school had come, her hopes for the future and about her own family. Later in the day I also got to meet her kids and of course her husband Richard was our safari guide so we spent three days with him. An amazing couple with such high hopes for Tanzania.
Well that's it from Africa for today.
Thanks for all your love and support.
Hugs,
Donna
Day 3 of our safari was another exciting day. We decided to do some walking today and Richard organized for us to go with 3 guides from a local village to take us on tour.
It was mostly a tour on how the Africans set up their villages, make their huts, hunt, plant food, etc. It was very interesting. We kept walking for about 3 hours until we got down to the big lake. Along the way there was Masai kids watching over their goat and cow herds. They ran along side us as we walked (and were very interested in out watches).
We decided we were too lazy to take the 3 hour walk back and Richard got a phone call to ask him to bring the trucks to collect us! We then had a leisurely lunch together with Richard and our drivers Harry and Simba before starting our 2 hour journey back to St Judes.
The best thing about staying at the school is that everyone has gotten to see first hand how the school works and how amazing the kids are.
Consequently several of the Trekkers have decided to sponsor kids which is fantastic. Tomorrow morning we are going out on home visits to the families of the kids they are going to sponsor to meet them and see how they live.
So, on the way back we asked Richard to stop at the "store" for us so we could buy the families some things to take on our visits like rice, flour and gifts for the kids. We had such fun buying things for these families who have nothing - basic necessities that we take for granted.
Tonight we are going to a place called Khans (also known as "chicken on a bonnet"). This is because of a day it is a mechanics and of a night they turn it into an eating place - should prove interesting! The food is supposed to be really really good.
The highlight of my day was finally meeting Gemma Sisia (the founder and director of the school). What an amazingly inspirational lady. She stayed for ages and talked to us about how far the school had come, her hopes for the future and about her own family. Later in the day I also got to meet her kids and of course her husband Richard was our safari guide so we spent three days with him. An amazing couple with such high hopes for Tanzania.
Well that's it from Africa for today.
Thanks for all your love and support.
Hugs,
Donna
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