October 28th, 2006 Lake Naivasha – Nairobi, Kenya

October 28, 2006
Lake Naivasha – Nairobi, Kenya

This morning we woke up at 6:45 to Adam (the Australian) pounding on our door very loudly (we asked him to wake us up). Once we got out of bed B and I packed up our things and then headed to breakfast.

Once we had completed breakfast everyone in the group except for Henry (the old Argentinean) decided to pay an extra $25 and go on a boat ride across the lake. At 7:50 we arrived at the boat ramp. We had about an hour ride along the edges of the lake. We saw tons of different species of birds (including herons and pelicans) and hippos (mating!).

After an hour we went ashore for a long, dusty hike. Eventually we made it to a party of giraffe eating in a field. It was awesome to out of a car and seeing some large animals. We spent quite a while with the giraffe and took numerous pictures.


Ultimately, we made our way back to the boat and started cruising back to the boat ramp. On the way the guide called to a fish eagle and then threw a fish out in the water. Incredibly, the eagle swooped down and grabbed the fish from right in front of our boat. We also made another stop with a different group of hippos.

We returned to the lodge just after 12:00. We ate lunch and then started the drive back to Nairobi. Although it only took 3.5 hours, I was exhausted when we arrived at our hotel. Afer we took a group picture I went up to the room and used the internet for quite some time.

At 20:00 we all went to a nice restaurant for a group dinner. We had a very long, very good meal. In addition to the normal meats they also had camel and ostrich. The camel, while interesting, was not all that great. The ostrich was very similar to beef and quite good...After dinner we said our goodbye's and retreated to our rooms.

It will probably be another 6 or 7 days before I can make another post. Be sure to scroll down and read all that I have posted today! ☺

NOTE: I would like to mention that the names of the Austrians are Marcus, Chris (the most European person I have ever met), Judith, and Julia (they are all young doctors and lawyers). Similarly, the Australians are Adam and Monique (pronounced Mah-nique). Lastly, the clueless Argentinean (who is coming with us to Tanzania) is named Henry (a judge).

AND: I have many more (bigger and better) safari photos that I cannot upload because of the slow internet so you will have to wait until you see me to get them!!