Kenya's Samburu National Reserve: A window to the past

By Dilvin Yasa
Updated June 23 2016 - 5:18pm, first published June 22 2016 - 3:07pm
A Samburu warrior in traditional clothes talks on a mobile phone. Photo: Wendy Stone
A Samburu warrior in traditional clothes talks on a mobile phone. Photo: Wendy Stone
Samburu meet and greet. Photo: Twiga Tours
Samburu meet and greet. Photo: Twiga Tours

Under the shade of a hut made from sticks interwoven with old plastic bags, hessian sacks and flattened cardboard boxes, I'm finding myself in a difficult position as my guide insists on treating me to a delicious glass of blood and milk – the traditional diet of the local Samburu people. "It's made with half a glass of fresh milk and half a glass of fresh cow's blood," he tells me, not unlike a sommelier trying to sell me the most expensive bottle on the menu, "I guess you could say it looks like a strawberry milkshake, only it tastes ... bloodier".

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