This past weekend we posted another page in our Africa travelogue. On June 21, we went for game drives in Maasai Mara and also visited the Siana Maasai Boarding School. The boarding school visit was very interesting. We met with the head teacher and visited 5th and 6th grade classrooms. The students learn English and Swahili as well as their native Maa tongue. They were very polite and had a lot of questions for us. The head teacher apologized that they were unable to perform songs and dances for us, but they were in the midst of exams. We understood; studies come first.
After the school visit we did a game drive. We had seen a lot of animals the previous day (elephants, giraffes, zebras, gazelles, jackals, and hyenas) but so far no lions. Something told me that we were going to see lions tonight. And we did. Our guide, Patrick, was an excellent wildlife spotter. He found a lioness with three cubs, and got us close enough to see the cubs playing and skirmishing on the mother's back. We then saw several other lions (male and female). It was another amazing day in Africa.
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