This is a long blog btw, we did a lot of stuff that day.
Beads!
The first stop we went to was a bead making factory. They take clay, and mix it with water and talc.
They somehow separate this mixture in-between these cloths, applying pressure for about 8 hours, forcing the water out.
They put the pressed clay into this machine that backs it into a tube shape. Workers cot of chunks using string and carry it inside a building.
Inside the factory, women sit around tables measuring out clay, and rolling them into the desired shape.
Here, a women is making the holes in the beads with a needle.
Molds like these are used to make harder shapes.
They made this zebra for us to keep. Sadly we lost it somewhere along our trip.
This mold has been chipping away a bit, so the outcome was not as smooth as the zebra.
They don't just make beads here, they also make plates, bowls, sculptures, etc.
This mold is used for a bell.
In another room other women paint the beads according to instructions
This is the kilm used for the beads. It makes the room very hot, so all workers leave when it is on.
The beads ate sometimes dipped into the paint to make it easier.
Sculptures and pottery waiting to be painted.
They sometimes make products for the giraffe place (I forgot what it was called, oops).
This is the kilm for the pottery.
And this is the kilm for the sculptures.
Elephants!
Before we saw the elephants, we saw a family of warthogs. The mom and a couple babies strolled through the parking lot.
Little guy enjoying a bottle of milk. These orphans drink human baby formula, modified to suit them better.
Aww it's sucking it's trunk!
These two pictures are of Kerrio, a baby elephant who we got to pet. Later Kyla and I 'adopted' her.
This orphan was abandoned at a young age because he is bowlegged, and had trouble keeping up.
When we were in the line for adopting elephants this cute gray cat walked out from the bushes, and we got to pet it.
Giraffes!
Upon entry, you got half a coconut with food pellets in it for the giraffes.
This one is pregnant.
You take your pellet, and set it on the giraffes tongue.
Pretty flower :)
A baby baboon and it's mom
The adoption papers for Kerrio.
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