6 July (Friday) Trip to the future high school site
Scroll to the bottom to see the aerial view of our trip and the site(s) we visited.
Today we went to the future site of the Anajali High School in the Ngong Hills, a part of the Masai land. It took about an hour and a half to get there over mostly pretty good roads and through urban, suburban and then mostly country side. African countryside is gorgeous! There were the nine from the US and Livingstone, caretaker of the AS, Dixon, the mgomba's oldest child, Neolida and Wellingtone crammed into the school bus. There was room for one more if we all sucked our breath in. ;-)
The land is stunning! The school has 10 acres with the possibility of further expansion. In the center of the 10 acres is a sacred tree (photos of us under it will be coming). It will form the center of the courtyard with school class rooms, boy's and girl's dormitories, mess hall, etc. to the lower right of it.
After praying under the tree for God to bless the land and the students and teachers who will live and learn on it, we took a little tour. There are many different kinds of flowers and I was able to take pictures of a few birds. Many of the plants are very thorny. To the upper left of the site is a small Masai settlement that contains some very friendly children. The adults were away tending the flocks of sheep, goats and cattle.
After the tour of the site we went to the Oleopolis Country Club, which is nearby. Now don't think American country club when you hear that term. It is a nice area with some very appealing and solidly built buildings made from the local rocks, which are everywhere. But there is no golf course and the facilities it does have are more like those in a camping park in American: restrooms with flush toilets, camp sites and cabins, central area for eating, and a playground for the children. The sign said the pool was open, but we couldn't find it.
Wellingtone gave us an hour there to look around. Chris and I photoed many kinds of birds. I will have them identified with pictures on my birding site soon.
After the hour break we had lunch that consisted of a freshly butchered goat and chicken, roast potatoes, ugali, and soda, including coca cola, the fanta pineapple that seems to be so popular here and bitter lemon.
After lunch, we drove back to Wellingtone's house and on the way bought some souvenirs from some local Masai women and children who appeared out of nowhere when we stopped at an overlook.
We were so tired and full when we returned, that tea was somewhat limited. For supper we had
This is the route from Wellingtone's Home to the Anajali High School
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This is an overview of the vicinity of the AHS
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This is a zooming in on AHS
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This is closeup of courtyard (to be) and sacred tree
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This is a close up of the Oleopolis Country Club
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