Tuesday 19 July 2016

Day 20: A sad day

We've got a sad story today. This morning we got a report that there was a dead elephant on the side of the highway not far from our  camp. 

The staff at Elephant and Bees went down there so they could take some measurements and when we got there we found that the Kenyan Wildlife Service were already there. 

The elephant had been hit by a truck during the night. The KWS had already removed the elephant's tusks. It was a bit of a shock for the team but a good experience to witness some of the really not fun sides of animal conservation. 

Tuesday is shopping day. We get most of our supplies from the supermarket in Voi and our fruit and veg from the market. 

The market is a really good experience, there are loads of stalls selling anything and everything and hundreds of people who are really friendly and want to talk to you. 

From what we have experienced of Voi it seems to be a really friendly place. Work on the permaculture garden is still continuing and nighttime honey harvesting has turned into general beehive maintenance.




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