We made it safely from Masai Mara to Naivasha - a 5 hour trip made up of half bumpy, pot holed, dirt roads and half very nice black topped roads.
After lunch we were taken in a motor boat out on Lake Naivasha to Crescent Island where both Born Free and Out of Africa were filmed. Saw one of the giraffes from O. of A. that is still alive, and the house that the man who wrote Born Free lived, right on the island. The island has no predatory animals, so you can walk along with zebras, giraffes and other animals who live there safely and seem quite used to humans.
After being caught in an afternoon thunderstorm on the island we took the motor boat back and had some down time.
Fran left her room on the way to dinner, only to find a giraffe at her door, eating the flowers on the bush planted by the door.
Photo op!
After dinner when it's dark you have to be escorted from the main dining room to your 'cottage' by a guard with a club to protect you from the hippos that walk up on land after dark. Lynn heard one guard running down the sidewalk as she was going in her room, and he asked if she wanted to see a hippo that was just down the walk. She said she'd pass.
Speaking of dinner, Amanda and Alexa if you're reading this, the young man who is our waiter remembered us and also asked how you both are doing...remembering you by name!
More tomorrow, our last full day here in Kenya....
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ReplyDeleteGlad to see you are all doing well. I have loved reading the blog and wish I were there with you :) Elizabeth, your feet look sunburned!
ReplyDeleteLynn! You should have gone to see the hippo!!
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