Today Lynsey took us on a day trip. This time it was to Olorgesailie and Maasi Land. Olorgesailie is the prehistoric dig site where the largest amount of man made hand axes has been found at the base of the rift valley. This was quite cool to see because i have never seen an excavation site and it was the freaking rift valley or land before time i like to call it since long ago the rift valley used to be a giant lake sandwiched between two volcanoes. After we toured around there we drove to Maasi Land where we met joseph our guide. He took us to an area in the bush where young boys go to become men, there is a hunter's hut where meat is left etc. He also took us to chase wild giraffes and gazelle! WILD GIRAFFES! After that we went to his home where his wife and friends gave us some yummy food and danced as well as of course sold us trinkets. At one point joseph left us to go find his cell phone that he had lost while chasing the Giraffes.... (hmm clash of civilizations?).
Me at the corner brigade! A pit stop on the way to Olorgesailie
Waiting for the tour guide at Olorgesailie
More of the big O
Victor!!!
The first site, this is a huge collection of hand axes and hammers.
Our guide explaining how these tools were used and that this area was most likely something of a butchers area because there are so many tools that could cut up meat etc
Some more of the rocks that have been left as is, this is how they built up at the bottom of the lake
Elephant bones!!! the bigger one is the one that was actually found here, the calcium of the soil in the rift valley allows the bone to be so well preserved. The other bone is an elephant bone brought in to show the difference in size
These are hippo bones. All the stones nearby allow us to assume that the hippo was killed by homo erectus!
Tess walking across rift valley!
Da rift vallley
Maasi Country
Joseph leading us to a hunter's bush
A bush that is used by people passing through and where a young boy would stay on his journey to manhood
the inside of the bush tent, that tree is also where meat is hung
where you would sleep
The wild giraffes!! and note the wind mills behind...
Joseph's son chilling the the 2 c's coke and chapati.
All of us sitting and eating the meal they gave us, potatoes, carrots, peas, cabbage and chapati! (goat for the meat eaters)
The Maasi women dancing
Rachel looking at some of their good and getting her hair braided at the same time!
Group shot in front of the giraffes!
Group shot in front of the hut!
The most adorable boys, little louis is in front the son of the evans, the man that drives us around and Joseph's son. Poor louis started crying when we left to go back to Nairobi because he had made a best friend!
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