Traveling...

While in Nakuru we did a bit of site seeing while outside of the city. Nakuru is about 2 hours away from Nairobi and is surrounded by the hills and valleys of the Rift Valley area. Our first site seeing adventure was to a resort that was nestled in the hills of a non-active volcano. Many, many years ago the volcano erupted and now there is a massive crater next to the volcano. We traveled here for lunch on Sunday and were amazed by the sites of this place. There were many lodges hidden in the side of the cliff that overlooked the crater. The lodges were fancy tents with concrete floors, toilets, and running water. My teammate, Stephanie, went and peaked in one so of course I wanted to see the inside. She assured me no one was inside so I bounded up the steps onto the deck and was making my way inside when I noticed A MAN TAKING A NAP ON THE BED!! Jeepers, Stephanie…How could you miss the man right there in front of you! Needless to say I made myself scarce really fast! Before we went looking around the OCCUPIED lodges we first made our way to the pool. It was too cold for me, but apparently it wasn’t too cold for some of the worker’s children. There was a boy and girl around the ages of 8-10 who were very excited to swim but didn’t really know how. The girl jumped in with her small float only to have her feet get tangled on it. I run for the pool and am about to hop in clothing and camera in all when a worker jumps in and saves her. Jenny, my teammate, also a lifeguard, looks at me and says, “I thought you were going in.” My response was, “You’re the lifeguard!” Her response, “Yeah, but if someone else is willing to jump in there is no need for me.” Thanks, Jenny…J

After our time of wandering around the resort, we head in for our steak dinner with mashed potatoes. Yes, it was wonderful…different but wonderful.

On Monday we headed out for Lake Navashia, and I must say I have never experienced such beauty. No words can adequately describe the beauty of the land or the resort we stayed at. When we arrived, we were told the only rooms they had available for us were the rooms in the Presidential Suite…would that do?...I think so!! I hope to be able to upload some pictures from our place. That afternoon we hopped on a boat, which by the way looked as if it may or may not make it across the lake, and headed to our safari. We took a guided land tour by Mumo (he was absolutely hysterical with some of his stories which included motions…priceless). We were able to see lots of different animals, my favorite being hippos, giraffes, and zebras. I am hoping to go to Java House, a coffee house with free internet, tomorrow so maybe there will be pictures of my safari…just depends on how long it takes to download.

Needless to say, traveling through Kenya has been an amazing experience…one I will not likely forget!