2017

Rwanda 2017 Part 6: Night Driving

Sitting at the beautiful Ruzizi Lodge in Akagera National Park.  I have just been told by a group of new friends that I have met on this trip that there is an opportunity to go on a night drive in the park.  I have been on several night drives over the years and it is […]

Rwanda 2017 Part 3: Join me on my Rwanda experience!

Government sponsored FAM trips (trips to show you what the country has to offer) can be an exhausting affair.  Yes, you are a VIP guest of the government and they want to show you the best of what the country has to offer, but every day you are up early driving to another locale meeting […]

Rwanda 2017 Part 2: Meeting with Patrick

I came to Nairobi first before going to Rwanda because I can’t come to this part of the world without seeing my Rafiki Patrick.  I was supposed to meet Patrick at 10am.  We met at 3pm.  The reason was that Patrick had to clean up his desk and was waiting around to meet his boss.  […]

Rwanda 2017 Part 1: Back in Africa

I always realize how passionate I am about Africa as when I land I always have a smile on my face (maybe part of that is I flew on the day of the solar eclipse and the pilot was kind enough to get us close – hence the darkness outside my plane window).  And I am constantly […]

My day with the Maasai Part 6: New Friends

During the course of the day out in the village there was a lot of time sitting around, doing nothing but talking. Sometimes it was just quiet talk. Other times there was a lot of laughter. Other times it was a spirited discussion. All in Maa. All of which I could not understand a single […]

My day with the Maasai Part 5: Yummy Barbecue

When I discussed the ceremony with Patrick I discovered that once you become a warrior you never eat meat in your home or with your wife. At the ceremony, your wife gives you 4 pieces of meat for the first time since you became a warrior. And then only after this ceremony, when you are […]

My day with the Maasai Part 4: Tea Time

After the welcome song and greeting it was time for tea. Patrick’s close friend Joseph Sankale who I have known for a while, joined me in one of the make shift houses or “bomas”. Joseph is an amazing guy who is running for political office this year (Good luck Joseph). The makeshift Bomas are constructed […]

My day with the Maasai Part 3: A Welcome Song

Upon my arrival to the “Woodstock of the Maasai” I along with about a dozen Maasai were immediately greeted by the women who were there. There I was standing with all the other warriors (though I am surely an elder) in a long line (can you tell which one is me in the picture? LOL). […]