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"A Family Tradition for 134 Years" Images of Africa Ten-day trip to Kenya was an eye-opening experience for a group of Port Perry women PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, December 14, 1999 - 11 By Heather McCrae Port Perry Star We've all seen images of poverty and famine in Africa, but most of us have never witnessed it first hand. However, four women from Port Perry recently returned home from a safari in Kenya in East Africa, and are still in awe over what they saw and did. Emilie Gassien has yearned to visit Africa for years. "For 15 years I've wanted to go to Africa to see the animals in their natur- al habitat, but could- Mara, one of Kenya's most famous game reserves. Often Jackson drove on the shoulder of the narrow, winding, pothole filled roads, as that seemed to be the safest place. "If I read one more letter to the editor about Coulcliffe Blvd., I will scream," said Mrs. Culp. "It's like the 401 com- pared to the roads in Kenya." The women saw the locals' living con- ditions up close during a visit to a small Massai village they toured one day. They visited a tiny n't find anyone crazy enough to go," she said. "But when Jeanne Culp, Georgia Brock and Marlene Moore heard I was | going on a safari in Kenya, they all | Jumped at the chance to go, too." : In a land of 40 eth- "Thad come all this way to Africa to see all these straw-roofed house, about 8 by 10 feet, made of sticks and cow dung. Seven chil- dren and their par- ents lived in the hut, red ?eatd | With no running : d, said water or electricity. nl "They live in the eb {| most primitive style, ol yet they were very nic groups, including Kikuyu farmers harvesting beans, maize and arrowroot and Maasaj cattle herders crowding the poverty-ridden countryside, the women were both fasci- nated and horrified by what they saw. Leaving Port Perry on Nov. 2, after 16 hours of flying and stopovers they land- ed in Nairobi. There they were greeted by their guide, Jackson, and the safari van that would be their home for the next 10 days. The safari included, in part, three nights in Nairobi, tours of the Abedare and Amboseli National Parks, Lake Nakuru -- which is famous for its flamingo population -- and Maasai happy," said Mrs. Gassien. "I couldn't believe people still lived like this." They also witnessed nature at its most thrilling when they watched a lion stalk and kill a baby warthog. An emotional time for Mrs. Gassien was when she was "right there" amidst the wild African animals -- lions, ele- phants, giraffes, zebras, dik diks, impalas, jackals and vultures, to name a few. "I had come all the way to Africa to see all these animals and when I finally did I cried," she said. "I was just over- whelmed." "During our safari it was an eye- Emilie Gassien (left), Georgia Brock rienced Africa first-hand when they ventured to Kenya last month. They experienced the people and natural habitat of Eastern Africa up close during a 10-day safari. opener to see how people live today in a land that's the same since time began," said Mrs. Brock. "We saw people carrying water in dirty plastic cans, the water being dirti- er than the cans they were filling, yet this is the water they drink and bathe in." "We had all the amenities: Food and comfortable beds, but most of these peo- ple have no hydro or clean safe, water to drink," said Mrs. Moore. "I saw one naked little boy drinking , Marlene Moore and Jeanne Culp expe- water from a mud puddle one day. It really was an eye opener and makes you stop and think about how much we have at home." "Kenya is a country filled with pover- ty, yet the people are happy, always have a smile on their face," said Mrs. Culp. "When the natives saw our Canadian pins they said we were lucky to live in a country that was clean and peaceful, free of corruption, and had no natural disasters." 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