This morning I was able to sleep in which was very nice after the very early wake-ups for the past few days. My aunt and I headed towards the Ngong hills with Mr. Peter, who is Sula’s driver. The Ngong hills are a set of 7 very tall hills outside of Nairobi, which is very important to my aunt and family. Every weekend my aunt, mom, uncle, and grandparents would go and walk the hills when they were living in Nairobi so many years ago. It was a place that my aunt frequently visited outside of the weekend visits as well.
We started walking, and by the second hilltop we met these two men from the Masai tribe. The Masai were there so their sheep and cattle could graze on the bright green grass covering the hillsides. Mr. Peter started talking to the Masai, and they gave him one of the sticks they had carved. Then they jumped for us, and the younger man wanted a photo shoot, so he laid out all of his sticks and got his penga, which is a machete, and started flashing it for the camera. It was really quite entertaining.
We then sprinkled some of my grandmother and grandfather’s ashes at the top of the hill because it had been such a special place to them. It was a special moment to have been able to do that on those hills that looked over Nairobi and the Rift Valley.
Hours for the day: 3.5
Hours in total: 104
Until tomorrow
Maria
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