The best weekend ever part 2

I didn't get much sleep. I am not going to say who but someone was snoring so loudly that I couldn't sleep at all. I finally got out of bed at 5:30 when the water heater gets turned on and packed everything for our early morning ride. The best times to see the animals is in the evening and the morning, there isn't much activity in the afternoon. We left at 6:30 and headed out. We saw more of the some Zebras, Impalas and Antelopes before we saw the something that caught our attention for the majority of our ride, lion cubs! We saw a male lion lying in the grass awake and alert and then Sjoerd, Harriette's husband, noticed someting out of the cornor if his eye a mother lion holding a cub in her mouth carrying it to another hiding place. We darted over trying to get a better shot and then went back over to the bushes where they were all hiding. There were six lion cubs in total. Three tiny little ones that the mother lion went and hid and three slighly older ones that eventually came out and started playing. When the mother lion was taking two of the cubs she passed our vans so closely she almost brushed it.
The cubs were so cute. They were wrestling, jumping, and biting each others tails. I knew that what we were seeing was pretty rare and I was just soaking it in with the dumbest smile on my face, totally happy and excited. There were two male lions and one female located around them as a barrier keeping a close eye on everything that was happening. The only bad thing was there were so many vans around that after awhile you couldn't ignore the voice in your head that was saying these are these lions children and we are invading there Sunday morning relaxation time and their personal space. Even though I was thinking that I didn't want to leave it was so amazing. I never though that I would be able to see something like that on only a one night safari. In total we saw like 11 lions and 6 cubs in two day, we had the best luck ever. We even were able to see the cheetahs again for a little while but they weren't doing anything just laying in the grass like the day before.

We had to get everything ready to be out of the park by 10:30 you have to leave 24 hours after you arrive or pay for another day's park entrance fees. As we were leaving the park Harriette mentioned that Ros wanted to see a Massai Village and Josephat just pulled right over and headed straight to one. To visit they charge 500 shillings, which includes a tour of a house, a dance and them showing you how they make fire. I wasn't really that interested in going not because I didn't want to but because I thought it was kind of invasive. We are just showing up unannounced to someone's house and expecting us to give them a tour. I went along because it was interesting and its not everyday you get the opportunity to do something like that. The chief's son who gave is the tour and just a side note has two wives said that the money helps to run their primary school so that made me feel like I was helping a little. They did another of the jumping dance/chants for a little while and it was very cute Harriette's son Qui joined them and was jumping too. We then got a tour of a hut which was very dark, they dont have electricty and it was very cramped. They make them out of cow's dung and we got to see a house that was just going to be built. The frame was all ready and they started a pile of dung and were waiting to finish building it when the pile got big enough. The chief's son said that when they have more than one wife they each get their own house and mostly everyone is related in the village so they have to find someone to marry from a nearby one. There were so many flies though and they would stick on you I was constantly swatting them. There were these little kids though with all these flies on the face and snot coming from their noses but they didn't even notice. After our little tour we went to a little market that they had to sell jewelry to people who came to visit. I got a necklace and bracelet for 400 which is way more than I would usually pay but I decided that I wouldn't haggle and would pay I know they need the money. The weekend was really eye opening and a completely new experience for me and for my first safari ever I think it couldn't have possibly been any better.