If the women were disappointingly unfluffy in general the men were as short and half fluffy as you can imagine. I don’t know how the genetics went this way but it did.
In my imaginary world of prejudice I thought that there would be tall, slim, athletic and of course barefoot men all over the country since it is the home base of the Masai, but maybe living in between Livingstone and Kipengere mountains just pressed the DNA a bit and made them they way they are 8) It is just amazing how small they are!
Actually Yona might be the exception confirming the rule, he is both tall and I’ve seen him barefoot more than once. Maybe because it’s easier to slid around chasing kuku’s on the loose in rain and slippery mud, but still…
And soon I discovered that they have a marvellous way of compensating their size with laughter. I guess size doesn’t matter after all 
I don’t think I saw any sad or serious or plain faces there! And they are kind of irresistible with their bright big smiles and laughter making you forget the fact that you are mostly a head taller than them 
Especially when they happily can call you from miles distance when they spot you only to greet you for the fifth or sixth time this day and then just serve you that completely liberating laughter.
And hearing them giggling like teenage girls…. how can you but completely fall?! Not even with your biggest effort to try being grumpy, sad or frustrated and feel sorry for yourself works when facing any of them. They just spoil everything 
But what fascinated me most was their extremely brilliant way of ignoring all fashion and dress codes possibly invented in the strange western world, just as they completely ignore the idea of female beauty as skinny and slim. So if actually managing to catch them in the middle of something of importance with a somewhat serious face, having a look at their way they dressed made the trick
Nowhere else can you see flowers combined with squares and dots in an impossible colour combination and admit it’s actually not too bad after all Add to that the giggling and laughter and there are no troubles whatsoever to try holding on to!
Asante sana kwa mmenipa kucheka siku zote!
