At Bomas of Kenya they have built replicas of different tribal homes.  This is the 1st wife's hut.  It is always the biggest and nicest of any of the wive's huts.

This is inside the 1st wife's house.  Behind the grass wall is the bedroom and the bed is built up on stilts.  It would be interesting to see the houses would be furnished.

This is the guest house/kitchen.  It's small but it works.

Here is Grandpa by the boys' hut.

I'm not sure what room this was but there was an empty pop bottle in is so it must be the dining room.

These are the husbands standing in front of the husband's house.  This is a different village with a little different style of house. 

It is incredible the way these huts are built using sticks, grasses and mud.  The mud is mixed with cow dung and spread over the sticks.  They are nice and cool inside.

This is another village...the houses are a little different.

These two men were there to represent the Masai tribe.  They agreed to have their picture taken with them for a few shillings.  That is a Masai necklace I am wearing...smart, eh?

Elder & Sister Hall are negotiating with the Masai.  The young men in the background were from a school.

These houses look like igloos, don't you think?

This is a close-up view of the inside of the house.   Amazing.

These women were mixing the dung and mud to spread on the huts.  Building the houses, taking care of the gardens and the children are the reseonsibilities of the women,  The men provide the property and protect the family.

These women are spreading the mud over the outside of the house so that it is nice and smooth.  The mixture makes for good insulation.

Livestock is very very important to the people in the villages.  You see herders everywhere taking care of their animals.  Even along the highways you will see animals grazing.  More than once we have had to slow down for a cow who is walking across the highway.   Many tribes still require a dowry of animals.