Allison in Africa

I have been to Kenya three times, totaling nearly twelve months from 2003-2008. This blog is filled with a few of my thoughts, stories and pictures from my second and third trips (January-March 2006 and May-August 2008), mainly around Kitale and Mt. Elgon in the Rift Valley Province.

Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Kisumu Museum


Image hosting by PhotobucketTrees flower so magnificently here.  I'm in paradise...



The Kisumu museum was a motley assortment of cultural artifacts and a pretty cool recreation of a typical Luo homestead... 1st wife's house, 2nd wife's house, 3rd wife's house... 1st sons house, husband's house... everyone gets their own.  Refridgeration= storing in large clay vessels; cupboard= basket suspended form the ceiling.  the most impressive thing there was this taxidermy masterpiece:



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