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What You Can See Only When You Have Nothing: Living with the Maasai - https://hakkei.substack.com/

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Honestly, I thought I was going to die on the first day.

Honestly, I thought I was going to die on the first day. I was sleeping on a cowhide bed inside a small handmade mud house, getting bitten by mosquitoes nonstop, and the smoke from cooking was so terrible I couldn't sleep at all. The only ventilation was through the door, which gets closed at night. I suffered all night long in a room filled with smoke, being attacked by swarms of mosquitoes. The next day, as I was thinking about whether I'd give up after just one day, my host mother came over with a big smile, bringing me warm tea. Humans are strange creatures – no matter how painful the…

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