Just Enough Water to Make you Sticky!

DRY RIVER BEDS ARE THE NORM.  NO RAIN FOR ONE YEAR.

At Ngurunit, I pondered on not having water.  Water was valued and RARELY used by the locals.  Dry river beds were used as highways by foot travelers.  During the time we were in Ngurunit, we saw the vehicle we drove and one other.  We walked by foot to the schools we toured.  Everything was really close--didn't take us more than 15-30 minutes for any of our "day-trips". 

Straw-haired Joy following Simon on our tour of schools in the area.

Termites had grand houses as big as the Manyattas in which people lived.

Mamas looked into our cameras and laughed with us.  The people were truly lovely and kind.  Genuinely hospitable, the peoploe made the trip of seeing schools, mountains and dry desert areas memorable.

Samburu mamas laughing at Josie's photos of themselves

Look under the Ngurunit section of my blog for more exploits that we encountered along the way.  Ngurunit truly was one of the best parts of our trip to the northern frontiers of Kenya.  I will always remember the cool nights sitting outside in the dark with the wind blowing across the silence of the earth.

One of the new schools we visited.