Take us to the land of the white people

On our last day in Ukwala, Dan and I spent they day at a boma (family group of homes) near Lifunga school. The people in the area have started a project together to raise and sell trees. They hope to use the money they earn to send some of their children to secondary school.

We saw their tree project and gave them a very small amount of money to help them buy more seeds and a watering can. They fed us a huge amount of food -- fresh fish, greens, mushrooms and of course several kinds of ugali :-)

Then came the music and dancing. One song was just praising Dan, since he was the one who handed them the money. Dan's ego is now huge, having had 25 women sing and dance his praises. Another song -- my favorite -- was literally "take us to the land of the white people." We danced and we sang until we were exhausted. They even let me play a drum and taught me to do this cool part of their song where in a high pitched voice you go "Aiyayayayayayyayaya."

Sigh....still having technical problems so we can't upload photos/video. A cd burner is still too high tech for Kenya as we have yet to find one. Computers are slow and photos are large. Stay tuned for the video of Dan dancing like a maniac in lifunga....it's a classic