Safari

Towards the end of our trip to Kenya, we went on a safari. It was a nice break to have a real shower, bed and bathroom!

We saw all kinds of animals. Our favorites were the lions, a mother cheetah and her cubs, giraffes, hippos, zebras, elephants, water buffalo, wild hogs, ostrich and gazelles.

At the hotel where we stayed, a couple of baboons were running all over the place causing havoc. One even jumped up on to a balcony where we were eating lunch and stole a roll off of a plate. It was hilarious!

We could see a watering hole from our room and it was so fun to watch the elephants come to drink. There was a viewing area right next to the watering hole so we got some amazing pictures.

Everyone was a little disappointed when we got to the hotel and there was more peilou and ugali, (that's what they eat in Africa, why did we expect anything else?)
I made both of these for a cultural night last Wednesday with a bunch of the young women in my ward. Some liked the peilou, but no one like the ugali so I won't give you the recipe for it.

Peilou

Heat about 2T. oil over medium high heat. Add one medium onion, finely chopped, 2 small cloves garlic (crushed), 1/2t. ground cinnamon, 1/4t. ginger, and a pinch of salt. Add some chicken broth and bring to a boil. Then add 2C. cooked white rice. Stir and add 4 1/2C. water. Bring to a boil then cover and reduce heat to simmer for thirty minutes.

The villagers in Dzvani added cooked goat to our peilou (bones and all), but I added some baked chicken breasts that had been shredded to my batch.