Hep B ~ not necessary but… it’s for me

OK, there’s been some hype as to the prevalence of Hepatitis B in Kenya on the blog recently, and I want to share what I know… Hep B is transmitted through blood/bodily fluids. I expect to be doing as the Maasai do, and well, blood is on the menu.
Throughout their history, the Maasai have drank [...]

getting Hungry?

http://www.foodbycountry.com/Kazakhstan-to-South-Africa/Kenya.html

to Eat or not to Eat.

Well, fun is to be had in trying as much as possible in the Maasai culture during our stay, but the has to be some caution as well. All this fuss over the vaccinations are making me think again about eating everythiing in sight; Typhoid is just one disease that I risk contracting if I [...]

how many Cows have You got?

I was looking through some of my previous posts and thought: I keep talking about herding the Maasai’s cattle but… why would that be the big to-do in a society? So I surfed a bit and came up with a bit of info:
Apparently cattle to the Maasai are a type of currency. In fact, that’s [...]