i'd forgotten to mention - on wednesday morning we were taken to the colobus trust. after hearing so many gappers voicing disappointment with the advertised kaya 'monkey sanctuary' and it's lack of monkeys, dipesh organised for us to go visit the monkey sanctuary on diani beach. there we briefly got to meet the longest-living hand-reared colobus monkey who was the most gorgeous little devilish ball of fur and were then taken on a tour of the sanctuary site. unfortunately due to the weather being awful the monkeys were hiding out and we didn't get to see any of them in the trees around the place (just the ones in the rehabilitation clinic).. but it was good to get out of camp and hear a little about the work they do to help protect the severely endangered colobus monkeys.
we then headed out with the colobus trust team to plant trees by a small lake. the landscape was absolutely beautiful.. local women washing their colorful sarongs near lilly-filled ponds, girls carrying buckets of water back to their homes, little boys splashing each other in the swampy grass.. despite the drizzle we managed to plant quite a few trees then were taken on a brief tour of their sacred kaya forest where a group of locals re-inacted a medicine man invoking spirits to heal a sick man. it was pretty entertaining albeit strange.. all in all a nice addition to the program (:
Ah! Je suis contente! une petite incursion dans le domaine des monkeys..Cela a dû être une très plaisante journée, originale ..la dernière photo sous l'arbre sacré l'illustre bien..et le paysage idyllique et si coloré , les quelques arbres que vous avez plantés..local women washing..etc etc près des nénuphars, toute cette description est si jolie...tu écris vraiment si si bien: un plaisir
ReplyDeletede même que ce devait être exquis de voir et toucher ce"most gorgeous little devilish ball of fur..."On pourrait presque le coucouner!