Trojans Mission to Kenya
We have finally arrived at our mobile camp in the Masai Mara - our home for the trip! Saturday was a day of multiple arrivals from the airport as we welcomed folks from all corners of the globe from Algeria, Mexico, Egypt, Thailand and the United States if America. Sunday morning we all woke up for an early breakfast with our new friends that our amazing chefs; Helen and Charles cooked for us. We can all foresee an amazing time ahead of us already. After breakfast we had a short presentation on WE where we had the chance to learn more about our Facilitators; Feker and Christina before starting our six hour journey to the Maasai Mara. Along the way we stopped at the view point overlooking the Rift Valley and took our first group photo! We learned that the Valley stretches from Lebanon to Mozambique. Also, we are here during the great migration and hopefully we will get to see more wildebeest during our Safari later this week. Driving down into the valley to make our way to the Mwangaza community, we had a teaser of what the safari experience will be like as we encountered zebras, baboons, gazelles, and hyrax.We met our Masai Warriors; Richard and Felix who will be our guides during the trip and teach us Swahili, Maa (their mother tongue), about the culture and customs. Upon arrival to the community we were welcomed from our camp staff with singing and dancing. We had the opportunity to settle into our tents and enjoy our first dinner here - Yum! We celebrated one of our friends from the Unites States Birthday today with cake and a fun cake cutting song. After dinner, we created our community code and went over what our week will look like