What Senior Missionaries do on P-Day

Now that our paperwork is complete and we are considered ‘residents’ of Kenya, we can visit parks and museums at a lower entry fee. This Monday we finally visited the Kisumu Museum which is about a mile from our apartment. To quote the guide book: It “is an interesting delve through the historical and natural delights of the Lake Victoria region.”



They had a wide range of displays with a variety of collections of traditional everyday items used by the different tribes; everything from tools, musical instruments, cooking implements, hunting tools, and weapons. The photo above is in the main display center.



There is also an aquarium with many of the fish that inhabit Lake Victoria. While I am fascinated watching the fish as they swim aimlessly around the tank, fish are not high on my priority list.
They also reconstructed a model homestead of a typical family with the various buildings. This model depicts the various homes for each of the wives. The first wife’s house is in the middle; subsequent wive’s homes alternate left and right. All visitors reported to the first wife’s house before proceeding to the home they wanted to visit. The husband’s home is to the right of the first wife’s home.

And of course, no museum excursion would be complete with the animals!

Here is the 7 year old male crocodile.

Here is the female companion; she too is about 7 years old.

The tortoise.

And Yertel the Turtle.

Kera is turning me into a bird watcher; here are the weavers. The male birds weave these nests; then the females come along and select their mate based on the best nest. Good incentive to build a sturdy nest.

And if you like snakes, here is the boomslang. Here is the speckled sun snake. We didn't take photos of the black Mamba, the Gaboon viper or the African Rock Pythons.