SAFARI IN TANZANIA WITH OUR KIDS

All you mothers would appreciate the joy
I felt as I was able to see part of my family
after being gone from them for such a long time.
Ben and Annie and Brad and Steph joined us in
Tanzania for a safari and it was pure joy.  The
safari was great but being with our kids was
the best part for me.



We flew into the Kilamanjaro airport at the base of Mt. Kilamanjaro.  It is my new favorite airport.  Very small but clean
and efficient.  They understand about tourism.  I wish they could
give my Congo country a lesson.  Such a difference.  They try to attract people.  Congo tries to keep them out. 




I would love some of these Tanzania
bananas right now.  They were out of this
world and Ben is showing us that this
whole bunch cost us a dollar.  They had
red bananas, big bananas, little sweet bananas
etc.   We get lots of bananas here but one very
small banana costs a quarter and they are
usually over-ripe.  But they are still one of my
favorite things here.




We visited the Masai Village to see how
these native Tanzanians live.  We also visited
a Masai Village in Kenya and they were very
similar.  This is a group of the men doing a
welcome dance for us.




Annie and Steph join the women in their dance.



These are their homes made from trees and
cow and sheep and cattle dung.  The
women construct the houses. 



This is the interior of one of their homes. 
It has 3 rooms.  The room on the right is
the bed.  We are in the kitchen/family room
and the small space to the left which you
can't see is a room for the new animals to sleep
so they will be safe.  They cook on the open
fire in the center of the main room so the house
is filled with smoke but they explain that is good
because it keeps the flys away. 



The mighty hunter.



Ben joins the musicians at our lodge.