Deb and I visited Lake Nakuru today, where we (unfortunately) didn't see many good animal poops (we did, however, witness a rhino farting). We also saw some fine baboon copulation (according to our driver/guide, the baboons go at it "every five minutes"), along with millions of pink flamingos. Literally millions. You can see a swath of pink along the lake shore from miles away.
Getting here was a bit of a hassle, though -- we left Lake Baringo for Nakuru yesterday morning at about 10:30; the 70-mile journey took us about seven hours. Our matatu ran out of gas after about 10 minutes, and no one who drove by wanted to spare any. So the matatu guy (not the driver, but the guy who takes the money) ran off to get petrol. He returned with about a gallon roughly 2 hours later. We then drove by numerous gas stations, until (surprise!) we ran out again. Luckily, we were able to coast downhill for awhile until we got to a station (actually, we coasted until we reached the fourth station. Apparently, when you're out of gas in Kenya and you've delayed your passengers by about 3 hours, you're still allowed to be choosy about where you shop).
After we coasted in, the driver put in a whopping 3 liters (about 3/4 of a gallon). Deb and I got out.
3 comments:
You are having quite the adventure!Don't think I could handle the lady with no hands on my lap!Went to Roch for the 40th party. Good food & lots of old people.We leave W for Chicago reunion.Plans are to stop in Michigan at Ford estate.After reunion on to a small town in Ill. to hang with the Stricker crew & possibly on to Des Moines for a few days.Thanks for keeping us up to date as much as you have.We are having fun reading about your travels & pretending we are seeing it all with out the dirt, smells & strange happenings.Stay safe! Love,Mom
Mike and I passed a town labeled "Poop" on our map. We wanted badly to stop and take a pic with a sign that said "poop" for you guys, but couldn´t find any!!
Rhino farts just don't get old.
-Will
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