In early June some dear friends, Ron and Janice from Poteau, OK came to Kenya for four days for a pastor's conference. Janice met with the pastor's wives on Sunday and then again on Monday morning, but on Tuesday she and I had the whole day to spend with one another. I took her to one of my favorite spots -- Kitengela Glass. It is a wild and bizarre place where they take bits of used glass, crush it, melt it down and make something new and beautiful with it.

We stayed in a nearby lodge and walked across the field with our Maasai guide/guard to get to the factory. On the way we encountered gazelles and antelope. We also saw this little guy very busy with his buffalo dung. This is a dung beetle. They roll up these balls of dung. It is such a funny sight to see them rolling this dung around, but they are very useful little creatures.

When we got to the river gorge we could see Kitengela Glass across the river, but to get there you had to walk across this narrow, swinging suspended bridge. First our guide had to whistle to get the attention of the Glass employee on the other side. There are actually locked gates on either end of the bridge to keep people off until the attendant can lead them across. After the attendant arrived he unlocked the gates and made us sign a waiver to cross the bridge! Janice and I both wish we had kept a copy of the waiver. It said

"I promise not to hold Kitengela Glass responsible for injury or loss of life from crossing the bridge"

We paid the $2.00 fee and crept onto the bridge. I went first so I could take a picture of Janice. It was scary.

After the bridge crossing you enter into another world. Its as if some hippies from the 60's moved in and created this wonderland. This floor in the "bead" showroom is made from glass.

There were these funny chairs throughout the compound.

This room just sparkles and glows from the sunrays hitting all that hanging glass.

Janice posing on the "lady" lounger

This face was pressed into the concrete sidewalk.

More funny chairs.

This cracked us up. It is an old style travel trailer covered in concrete and glass made in the shape of a dinosaur. Someone actually lives in it.

My turn to cross the bridge last so Janice can take pictures. I had to prove that I actually walked across that scary bridge. I would do it again. Anyone interested?