Day 4

We had toast for breakfast and then left to see some local governmental buildings; for example the Ministery of Forestry and Mining. After wandering for a while we headed to the center of the town.

The town was really cozy, though still very crowded. It contained a marketplace, beauty services, some shops and only few restaurants. So, some of us had a meal. An interesting one. The vegetables were truly ”hand made” and organic. Those who had that lunch still hope that the food was truly safe to eat.

After an hour of getting know the village we all gathered at the local Matatu bus stop and didn’t know that we were going to have maybe the roughest time of the week; hiking, almost climbing, up the hill to the judgement cliff. It was located about 1600m above the sea level, so as you may imagine, it was a breathtaking experience.

Soon later, after catching our breath at our host, we left to local Canon Kituri high school. We bonded with the students and shared differences between our cultures. They also showed us their boarding school premises and we had the opportunity to see where they live, eat, study and ”do the big business’’.

While we got to know their school, we noticed that our schools had more differencies than similarities. For example the discipline was very different of what we are used to in Finland. Everyone also seemed to know what they would want to do when they graduate. What we also thought really weird was that boys and girls are separated which basically means that there were no mixed groups; boys and girls were separated. The communication between sexes was also forbidden during the schooltime.    

And then little about their school in general. They start school at the age of 4 at primary school, which is free, obligatory and lasts 7 years. Those who success in final exams have the opportunity to go to secondary school which lasts 4 years.

In the evening we had local ”tortillas” and some other unknown local delicacies. "Käsidesi" was used a lot. We called it a day with a task from the teachers to discuss about the day. Everybody were tired so we stop writing now. Good night and don’t let the bed bugs bite! pusspuss och kramar från KENYA!