Heaven on Earth Again....
We Have finished our work here in Maua and Meru and are now in the Sarova Shava Safari Lodge.. .. Oh My in my book of Kenya accomodations so far this is a *********** , yes a "whole bunch of stars" hotel.. Hot water, screaming water pressure, clean bathrooms and (oh my gosh) a toilet seat even!! I'm in heaven,, I'm in heaven,, OK, OK, it is nowhere near the feeling as the first bible school day, or the Pew Top experience but a clean bathroom and water pressure that will get through my hair is very, spiritual..
This is a wonderful lodge,, grass and lumber structure, open air, just had dinner which was wonderful.. and it has a POOL,, and a gift shop.
yes, we have been on our first safari.. (the tops opened up on the vans we have been riding in) We took a quick look before we checked in this evening, saw water buffalo, water "buck", an Elephant, Giraffes and really ugly ostriches. .and an incredible sunset.. Our guide said we would see more tomorrow. We should also be able to see a local Masai village and meet some of the people.
The drive out here was unforgettable, Suddenly the green lush area of the Meru turned dry and dusty, The houses turned to grass huts and the trees to acacia, and the road, well road is not a good word for it. worse than wash board but similar except parts of the wash board has been "washed" out, the driver became part driver, part river raft guide as he navigated for 2-3 hours of this.. The children along the road turned thinner and looked much hungrier. Instead of smiling and wanting to shake our hands, they have begun to beg.. (yeah breaks your heart, this is desolate country, makes SW OKlahoma look like a jungle. ) In fact at one point our driver stopped our van and handed at very thin hungry looking boy some bananas. We are not that far from Somalia here and see a lot of Muslim Somalies. You can tell by the Muslim dress. Guide says that many refugees are coming into Kenya... We are also in the Masai tribal areas.
God I pray that I can keep the sense of Wonder you have given us. My what an incredible world!!!!
This is a wonderful lodge,, grass and lumber structure, open air, just had dinner which was wonderful.. and it has a POOL,, and a gift shop.
yes, we have been on our first safari.. (the tops opened up on the vans we have been riding in) We took a quick look before we checked in this evening, saw water buffalo, water "buck", an Elephant, Giraffes and really ugly ostriches. .and an incredible sunset.. Our guide said we would see more tomorrow. We should also be able to see a local Masai village and meet some of the people.
The drive out here was unforgettable, Suddenly the green lush area of the Meru turned dry and dusty, The houses turned to grass huts and the trees to acacia, and the road, well road is not a good word for it. worse than wash board but similar except parts of the wash board has been "washed" out, the driver became part driver, part river raft guide as he navigated for 2-3 hours of this.. The children along the road turned thinner and looked much hungrier. Instead of smiling and wanting to shake our hands, they have begun to beg.. (yeah breaks your heart, this is desolate country, makes SW OKlahoma look like a jungle. ) In fact at one point our driver stopped our van and handed at very thin hungry looking boy some bananas. We are not that far from Somalia here and see a lot of Muslim Somalies. You can tell by the Muslim dress. Guide says that many refugees are coming into Kenya... We are also in the Masai tribal areas.
God I pray that I can keep the sense of Wonder you have given us. My what an incredible world!!!!
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