Leaving Lake Nakuru

Jerry and I woke up to a view of the Lake Nakuru savanna and a giraffe feeding on an Acacia tree. Not something you see everyday - I could get used to this!

Breakfast buffet was OK, not as nice as Sopa Lodge, but it's sustainance. We were packed and ready to leave at 7:30A - took a short safari around the other side of the lake and saw 4-5 hyenas lounging on the beach. Noor mentioned that you don't want to get caught alone with these guys - they are pretty ferocious. Also lots of baboons all around the park, Thompson Gazelles, Impalas, buffalo, water buck and Topi. We were taken to the top of "Baboon Cliffs" for an immense view of the whole park - there was a baboon who was hurt hanging out there. We were told not to feed him.

We started back to Nairobi. This is a 2-lane highway and although it's a very good highway, it's slow going because of the trucks that tend to have a top speed of 40km/hour and it's playing "chicken" with alot of oncoming traffic when passing.

We stopped for lunch at a restaurant called Tamambo in Nairobi (traffic here is worse than I've ever seen). It could only be described as "Nouveau African"? - The prie fix menu had a choice of chicken, grilled lamb chops and vegetarian masala. There was also a corn coconut soup and sorbet after dinner. Back to the hotel for quick check-in and then back out for shopping.

Seif took us out of the Boulevard Hotel compound to some shops for fabric (for me and Mrs. Chen) and also to Nakamatt (Kenya Walmart) for some souvenir shopping. About 7P we headed back for dinner and an impromptu birthday cake for Vanetta - although it wasn't her birthday (it's next month). I, on the other hand, stayed in - I've got a huge rash going on on the front of my legs and the backs of my arms. Have a feeling it's related to heat rash - but it's darn uncomfortable. Ready to come home!