Today I awoke early as usual and just enjoyed the quiet serenity of the camp, as the weather was perfect and the other group cleared out, leaving a nice peace about the place. I basically just hung out for a while and talked a little to Jozef and wandered about. Finally breakfast came and I ate two pieces of French toast. Afterward I charged my MP3 player for a while and sat and talked to a lady who was a retired teacher from Oregon and was voluntarily teaching here in Arusha. I also wrote a little in my journal. I then walked around and looked at the snake park, which was very fascinating. At 13:00 we ate lunch, which was pasta salad, it was alright. At 14:00 we went to the Masai cultural museum and that was quite fascinating and also enchanting. Following that, we went to the shops and there were many. I purchased two necklaces, with elephant ornaments on them for 5,000 shillings. We then went to the actual Masai village, which was charming and it was funny to see a little kid run up to us, wearing one layer of the Masai tunic, and with the breeze, seeing his naked butt. He could not have been older than four. We saw the huts, which were quite cool, compared to the outside weather, which was fare but warm. In one of the huts, a chicken scared everyone by hopping out and making a fuss as she did. In that same hut, there was the tiniest and cutest kitten I ever saw or knew, but I only had a brief glimpse of it.
After this we walked to the school and clinic and there were actually all nice facilities, maybe being in Africa so long has lowered my expectations. Then Oli and Gali gave up their camels they rented to Alex and me, and we rode the rest of the way back, which was quite fun. We returned and sat at the bar for a while and then went to the snake park to witness feeding time, which was a bit harsh to watch, because they simply put some live chickens, and in some cases chicks into the cages. I saw the strangulation, or rather aftermath of one, of the snakes choking its chicken, another one poisoned its chick and then snuck up and ate, or started to eat it, which was very sad as the chick jumped a bit when the snake lurched forward (I thought it was totally paralyzed and nearly dead by that point). I could stand to see no more and promptly left when the snake was beginning to devour the chick. Following this, we waited a bit and ate supper. I packed a bit before that and supper was huge and I suppose as good as it could be. Following supper, I sat at the bar, charged my camera, befriended a puppy, and cute little dog, and wrote this entry.