This was the afternoon when we were going to walk to the Masai village that was 6 km down the road. Before we could walk, we had a lunch of spinach soup ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040524 with my napkin arranged just right ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040525 and then a vegetable pie with salad and vegetables. As I was feeling less than ideal, I picked at my food an concentrated on Coca Cola Light to settle my stomach. ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040526

After a rest (and more Coca Cola Light) the walk began and as I followed, the family walked on behind our guides ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040527 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040528 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040529 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040530 and then stopped for a picture of the kids ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040531 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040532 after which Frank was nice enough to take a picture of the family (with Dominic who had become one of us) ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040533 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040534 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040535 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040536 and then I took a picture of Frank and Lewis (they from Seattle, he retired Microsoft now working on humanitarian causes) ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040537 and his daughters (with their guide) ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040538 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040539 before we came to the village and saw a donkey (reminded us of the cadonkey project) ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040540 and the houses in the distance ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040541 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040542 as we made our way forward ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040543 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040544 and we greeted by the people of the village who marched out ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040545 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040546 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040547 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040548 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040549 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040550 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040551 got into position ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040552 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040553 and sang us songs of welcome ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040554 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040555 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040556 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040557 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040558 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040559 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040560 some of which I recorded ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040560.MOV ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040560.MOV before we went in to see a villager's house ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040561 before the fire demonstration ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040562 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040563 about which I made a short ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040562.MOV ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040562.MOV and long movie ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040563.MOV ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040563.MOV and then watched the goats come into the house ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040564 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040565 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040566 before making a friend with the salesman at the village shopping area ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040567 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040568 My friend tried on a mask ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040569 so I did (though it was clear that this was not the use of the mask) ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040570 and then Suzanne did ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040571 and Ben posed with him with his new horn necklace. ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040572

Once we left the village, we watched the sun edge down ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040573 and the moon come up ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040574 as the sun went below the horizon quickly as happens at the equator ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040575 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040576 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040577 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040578 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040579 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040580 but not before I could get some family pictures ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040581 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040582 by the tree ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040583 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040584 ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040585 where we had our picnic ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040586 as the moon was full in the sky ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040587 the kids were clad in blankets because the warmth went down with the sun ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040588 and Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040589 and I decided to end a nice day by doing Tusker beer commercials. ../../../Sabbat/2006/GrKenya/07.10.06TheMara--WalkingToALocalVillage//P1040590