{"id":399,"date":"2025-10-27T06:09:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T06:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/?p=399"},"modified":"2025-10-27T09:11:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T09:11:05","slug":"learning-about-life-in-lempintira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/?p=399","title":{"rendered":"Learning about Life in Lempintira"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of the real joys of staying at Lempintira is really getting to know the people whose home it is, and of experiencing just a little of that life. There is something very special about being able to walk through the bush with the people who really understand it or practicing some of the skills of a Maasai warrior!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250923-WA0027-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250923-WA0027-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250923-WA0027-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250923-WA0027-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250923-WA0027-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250923-WA0027-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250923-WA0033-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250923-WA0033-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250923-WA0033-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250923-WA0033-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250923-WA0033-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250923-WA0033-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250924-WA0034-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250924-WA0034-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250924-WA0034-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250924-WA0034-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250924-WA0034-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.developmentdirect.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20250924-WA0034-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the real joys of staying at Lempintira is really getting to know the people whose home it is, and of experiencing just a little of that life. 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