Nora’s still not feeling great this morning unfortunately :(but she made it through the day - she's a star!
We were on the road to Lake Bogoria – final destination. We stopped off at the sign post for the equator and did the water experiment demonstrating the Coriolis force.
The water swirls clockwise North of the equator, and anti-clockwise South of the equator. It was about a 3hour drive. We were staying in the SPA resort in the middle of the village. Lovely surroundings, and extremely hot. We had the afternoon for ourselves, and went and relaxed by the swimming pool. Had a quick swim too (we weren’t put off by the spider or bloated frog floating around in the water.)
Late afternoon, we travelled out to Lake Bogoria National Park. The Flamingos looked fantastic, surrounded by a sea of pink.
Saw little dik-dik’s too (deer). You always see them in pairs. Apparently, when one dies, the other dies shortly after from shock.
We stopped off at the hot geysers and springs, and saw where others had tried to boil eggs.
We also saw the Flamingoes balancing on the hot springs.
After dinner, we had a game of 6 Take (German card game). Really good fun, but got eaten by mosquitoes, and they even attacked through my trousers - evil things!
Monday 26th September 2011
We left the resort at 9.30am. Alex, our driver, dropped me off at the road junction (105KM to Nakuru and 88KM to Eldoret). They were travelling back to Kisumu via Nakuru. Alex communicated with some of the locals there, who were able to get on the phone, to find out where the next matatu to Eldoret was. Turned out it was faster than I thought arriving..and only cost about 250KS (~1.70 GBP) for around a 2.5hour drive home.
Stocked up at the supermarket, and went for another run along the Uganda road. I’ve got to find a nicer route, as each time, I’m getting intoxicated with traffic fumes.
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