2nd - and indeed last - day at lake Baringo. I lied that it was lake Nakuru, that's where we are off to next, also for 2 night. It was a lovely, bumpy 6 hour drive here, with tons of wavey little Kenyan kids. Lake Baringo is placid, and the camp-site is quite posh compared to the middle'o'bush, and bong-bongs bat-infested long drop. The toilets here are still long-drops, but have SEATS, and the doors to the showers actually close, and there are mirrors. Good and bad. How the high-maintenance levels have shifted.
I am perched on a camp-stool, drinking a Tusker (with up-side down label), eating peanut M+Ms, looking at an owl. A big, big owl. I think it's an eagle owl, exact species undecided.
We did a 3 hour boat trip this morning. Crocs and hippos, and they fed the fish-eagles from the boat which was just incredible. My twitching is reaching epic proportions here. I saw my first bee-eaters today, and was doing lots of face-bisecting smiles. They are still so beautiful. It's hot and humid.
Leo is cooking us goat tonight on the barbie, and then toasted marshmallows and a spot of England v USA rugby at the pub.
The road here was washed away a few years ago, so we had to drive across a river to get here. If it rains tonight, we may be stranded, which would be no bad thing. I feel a million miles from sub-prime sagas!
Ah - keep meaning to say: Lorna! Not Laura or Lauren! She's a lawyer, and very funny and easy-going. No other trip-mate updates at this point. We're making a sport of guessing Juliuses age... I'm going early 30s. It's contentious.
The birds are all warning-calling around the eagle owl, like they feel safer knowing where it is, rather than just vamoosing. If I look directly up, there are 2 birds that could score a direct hit on my head, so I might sign out as I'm freshly showered and lightly scented with Eau De DEET.
Snoozed by pool today. One week has passed and I feel like we've been away forever. Remind me of that when I'm back in the orifice!
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Ps: stop faking being my mother, anonymous poster!
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