And they said "I Do"...i think

Soupa? Ipa! (translated that means Hello? Hi!) Last saturday we strapped up the car with gas cans, sodas, and a few people then headed out to maasai land for a maasai wedding. I had never been to one but i still had great expectations having gone to maasai dance things and that sorta stuff (you know stuff tourists like!) So first we drove for a mere 2

hours (we expected 7 hours) to the bride's house to pick her up to take her to the ceremony. This was shock number one. Once we got there we realized that she was leaving her family FOREVER! As in she was never to ever see them again. She walked to the car very slowly BAWLING! It was one of the saddest things ever. Well, eventually we did drive off with her and headed to the place of the actual ceremony. At this point we now had 10 people in my dad's car. It was around 9:00 A.M at this point and the guys in the car said they had a short cut for us to take. Sure enough it was a kenyan short cut, it took us 45 minutes more than it should have to get there but we finally made it. When we got there Elijah, he is a guard at the church and he came with us, took me inside of their "compound" where all the houses are to take pictures. I had so much fun snapping away and they LOVED it! they would just stand there and look at me. If i was pointing the camera a certain direction they would jump infront of the picture. It was so fun. After we had been there for about 35 minutes at most the bride and groom had gone inside this door. About 15 minutes later i asked when the ceremony began. They told me "it is already over." i was like WHAT?

i guess when she entered the door she became his. hmmm.... Well the rest of the day i guess was devoted to "celebrating." We some food. I tried goat brains, not to appetizing i must admit. The reason i tried it was because when they brough me my plate of food there was this thing of goat brains on it and i was determined not to leave that place without atleast tasting everything they offered me. By the end of the day i had drinken 2 cups of tea, eaten pure goat fat melted, sipped fermented milk, eaten goat brains, eaten boiled goat meat, potatoes cooked in goat fat, and i think i ate some intestines. How does that sound for a day's meals? Some guys did end up coming and dancing but really no one paid attention much.

We were able to walk up to Elijah's place. He had a huge place on the top of the mountain and it was gorgeous. i could have spent all day up there! many of my pictures came from while i was up there.

i wish i could explain everything that happened in great detail but it is so many words i am afraid i can't. Although i would love to tell someone about everything that happened that day because it was so fun!

i must be off now. Enjoy the post.