11/25/17 - On 11/7, We were up at 5 30 am, breakfast at 6 00 am and at 6 30 am we took the game jeep to a location in the wilderness where there was a bus waiting for us to take us to a little town that had a school.  It was St. Mary's Primary School.  When we arrived a group of school kids were singing and dancing for us.  We then went into a room and got some information regarding the school from the principal. After that we had a tour of the school and were able to sit and interact with some 10 to 12 years old. I sat with two 10 year olds and had a great conversation.  One even read a story to me in English and we answered the questions.  We then left for a typical African village or they call it a homestead.  We were met by a young mother who gave some a tour of the area.  We walked a little distance where they go to get the water.  One of the women filled a 5 gallon bucket and put it on her head and carried it back to the middle of the buildings.  We then had a demonstration of how the women build a wall to a building.  They were getting ready to build another building since the family was growing.  The women build the walls, the men build the grass roof.  The men are responsible to keep peace among the family, take care of the garden, fields and the animals.  This homestead had about 6 or 7 goats.  We then sat in a building and were told that was the kitchen where all food was made.  The men eat by themselves and are served by the women.  When served the women have to kneel in front of the man and present the plate of food for the man to accept.  We did have a coffee, tea and cookie break while there.  We also learned how they made flour out of barley and how the got the grass ready to put on a roof. Very interesting but very primitive.  They seem happy but I also realize that is all they know.

We then returned back to the area in the wilderness where we transferred from the bus to the jeeps.  We got back to the camp and were met by the staff with wet washcloths to clean up from the dust.  We then had brunch, a birthday cake for one of the tourist (Bill).  We then had some relaxing time.  Met back at the lodge again for a talk regarding the growing up as an African girl.  Sally was very interesting.  We then went for a late afternoon game drive and it was uneventful.  It was fun because we stopped at a very nice place and had wine, beer or soft drinks and watch the sun go down.  Back to the camp for dinner.  We had dinner around a campfire which was really nice.  They then did some singing and dancing.  We did sing "When the saints go marching in".  We then got escorted back to our tent cabins.  I will have pictures on the next post since this is really long.