We left campsite at 6. So many of us were hungover! Sore heads were abundant! It was not enjoyable.....at all. Although most of us slept in the truck for a couple more hours (thank goodness). Crossing the border back into Kenya at around 11 was short and sweet. Instead of going back to Naiberi we are going to Lake Naivasha (it just means a longer drive for Ben - [12/13 hours] - poor Ben) we arrived just after 7pm, set up tents and went to the little restaurant for dinner.
DAY 13
So Lake Naivasha is the place where Tomb Raider was shot, I must admit I haven't seen the movie. There were 3 options for the day. 1) walking through a game park 2) a boat ride to see the hippos 3) cycling or walking through hells gate. I couldn't do option 1 or 3 as my left ankle is still very swollen from hurting it while rafting and it can't fit into my hiking/closed shoes. I loved the boat trip. These "beasts" look so docile yet they are so dangerous! I spent the rest of my day re-re-sorting my lockers and just relaxing and using wifi. ( needed this time) In the late afternoon we had horses in the field where we were set up, they kept trying to drink our soapy detol dish water and eating from the large trash can. We took some pictures and fed them a few carrots (they later stole some chipatti's)
DAY 14
After leaving Crayfish camp early we arrived at Karen camp around midday. (still in Kenya) it was time to say goodbye to some of our new friends. The American couple- who are now flying to South Africa and traveling around for a couple weeks. One of the Australians - is flying to her home in Melbourne. Although we knew we were going to all be meeting up and going out for dinner that night it was weird seeing them leave. So now there is just Sav, the other Aussie from Perth, the New Zealander who lives in Aus and myself. After some exploring of a shopping mall - we had lunch at spur and ice cream at Cold Stone - we got back to camp and played a few games of spoons (another card game that involves a suit per person and one less spoon than the amount of people playing, once someone collects a full suit e.g. 4kings or 4 9s they grab a spoon. Whoever doesn't get a spoon has a gulp of their drink.). Showered, dressed up and even wearing makeup we climbed into our taxi. We later arrived at Carnivore - a place obviously well known for meat. The waiters carry around the meat on a huge skewer then cut pieces of meat off and onto your plate. The plates were cast iron and very hot. In the centre of the table we had many sauces (all with recommendations as to what meat they go best with ) as well as a few bowls of salads and coleslaw. The food was great- I not being a big meat eater tried both crocodile and ostrich. Weird but not bad. For dessert there were many options including pineapple pie and opera cake, I decided to try a Choc-chip Blondie -yeah yeah I'm a brunette I know. Our goodbyes were sad and arriving back at the campsite with only two little tents felt so wrong. My heart was sad as we had experienced so much yet so much still lies ahead.
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