On Wednesday afternoon we were able to experience God's wonderful creation once again. Monica and Brittany experienced wild life in a "room invador" way. While out to lunch, they left the back porch door to their room open and many of God's little creatures (monkeys) came in and stole their granola bars and cereal. Brittany tapped some of the event while Monica tried to retreive her "favorite" granola bars. She found out that monkeys do not share or return what they stole. The only thing left were the wrappers.
The major memorable moment came over the radio to David our driver. Rinos had been spotted. :) We raced over to the spot to see a mother and yonger rhino. We thought we were the only van headed to find them, but all of a sudden we looked behind and saw many others coming from different directions. It suddenly became the GREAT RHINO HUNT. When we arrived, the rhinos were headed into the brush. :( However, all the vehicles started to go in towards when the rhinos went into the brush hoping to catch them again. All of a sudden, the rhinos charge the closest van. They take off thinking the rhino is going to run into them. It was very exciting to see :)
Wednesday night was extra special because we were able to have our own "Bush Dinner." This was in an opening in the woods with bon fire. We had almost finished dinner when we heard this LOUD noise which made the majority of the group practically jump off their chairs. The Masai had arrived. :) They started their dancing and making the noises famous for the Masai. It was very entertaining to see the Masai dance.
Thursday was spent driving from the Masai Mara to Nirobi. It was a long, rough, dusty five hour drive. After arriving in Niroi, we relaxed and had a nice dinner out.
Today!!!!!! Today we went to the Masai Market. We tested out our skills at bargining for souviners. We were able to trade many things for different items. Ben won the trade off buy trading his watch, airplane tooth brush, and 2 pens plus shillings for one of his purchases. Jan was very hesitant to start off at the market. However, we were supposed to meet at 2 to leave and Jan was still bargining for items. We finally had to go up and pull her away from all the excitment in the market. She ended up a bargining shopaholic :)
Tonight we loaded the luggage for 8 of the team members who were leaving tonight. After that we headed to the Brazllian Restaurant. Here we were served many types of meat. The food was very enjoyable. Once we were done eating we headed to the airport. We unloaded luggage and said our good byes as we split up the team.
Pray for the safty of both groups as we start our travel home. We will see you all soon with many stories to share.
Written by Alyssa Christner
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