My Visit With Maruge in Kenya Day 2

Today Maruge had school, so he had to leave very early in the morning to walk all of the way there and not be late. When he left, I decided to explore the town. I could smell things cooking from inside houses, and I could the little toddlers laughing and playing with a wood wheel. I walked down the bumpy dirt road, passing many mud huts surrounded by gardens and chicken coops and pens for goats and pigs. There were little boys, maybe 5 years old, working in the gardens, fetching eggs from the chickens, and milking goats. There were also little girls of the same age filling pots of water and carrying them on their heads back to their houses.





I then walked over to the edge of town, and saw a river. it was really beautiful, but there was a lot of trash in it. I thought that was too bad. It was a really cool river though so I stayed there for a while and watched  the monkeys in the trees while I listened to the water flowing.


I returned in time to meet Maruge. His school hours are a lot longer than mine, so there was only a few hours of daylight left. We went to the local market and bought things for dinner tonight. We bought a lot of ingredients for soup, including chicken and peanuts.
When we got home, Maruge and I started making the Chicken Peanut Soup. When we finished, the whole house smelled really good. Then we ate it. We ate until we were full, saving a little bit for tomorrow night.