Saturday, May 28 Nyeri
Sunday May 29 Driving to Kisii
Today we would be re-living some of Wamai's fondest memories as well as visiting some cool places. The first stop on our chill day was the Agikuyu Peace Museum. This museum discussed that despite the tribal difference many of the tribes found common ground like food, drinking beer, and jewelry. There were many cool artifacts all over the place. It also had tons of quotes that were applicable to peace on the wall. One of the tools of peace is a mother's baby. Some of the reasons were it was taboo to kill a baby girl during inter community raids, and it was taboo for a man to beat his while she was holding a child. The curator discussed famous elders and took around the back to their peace garden. The peace garden or shrine of the nine elders was dedicated to nine children of the first man and women. it had nine trees native to Kenya in a circle. Our next stop was the treetops hotel which was the last home of the founder of International World Scouts Robert Baden-Powell. The room was decorated all the scout flags around the world. It was very colorful. After, we visited his burial site.
Next we drove to see a bridge that Wamai built as a Scout but unfortunately it was not there. However there was a beautiful fall so we took plenty of pictures. As usual we had a mini hike back to the bus. The next stop was Nanynuki where we would go to the equator. It took an hour to get there, but before we visited we grabbed some food. Johnothan and I saw the menu and went to town we ordered spaghetti and steak with rice. We then proceeded to the equator where there was a demonstration. In the demonstration if we move north of the equator the stick in water spins clockwise, in the south it spun counterclockwise and on the equator it stayed in the middle.
Later on we met up with the Nasisi group and had a buffet dinner. The food was excellent and plenty. I had ordered a cake for Johnothan the night before since his birthday was at midnight we sang for him and then poured water on him which was a Kenyan tradition. Afterwards we hit the dance floor till we got tired. We went to our hotel to ring Johnothan's birthday in at the pub there. We even ran into one of the doctors we met at Nyeri Provincial. It was a great night. We had a long trip ahead so we called it a night at 12:30.
Sunday May 29th
Today we would be driving to Kisii. However, instead, of a straight trip we had a few stops. The first stop was Thomson Falls. It was beautiful looking down on it. Then, my face changed to surprise when I discovered that we would hike down the mountain to the bottom of the fall. Why does everything we do turn into a hike? We ended up hiking down the mountain but it was definitely worth it. It was gorgeous. I wish I was wearing proper shoes or I would have gotten closer like some people did. The next stop was for chai and lunch. The food there was gross which led me to become a semi vegetarian for the rest pf the trip. We paused to admire the tea plantations in Kericho. Of course I also used the tea plantation as a friendly bush. The way they pick the tea is two leaves and a bud. I had tons of questions when I saw the homes of the workers. Last stop on our list was our hotel in Kisii. Hellen explained to us when we were almost there that there should be no jeans. shorts, or leggings. Kissi is very conservative, at one point they use to strip women who wear pants. We finally arrived at our new hotel. The rooms were huge and nice but it was no Kenya Comforts.
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