On Wednesday afternoon, we arrived at The East Africa Mission Orphanage in Nakuru which would serve as our campsite for the next two nights. We ate dinner with the orphans in the thatch roof dinning hall and they talked our ears off about everything from Obama to their favorite soccer team. Katie and I did our best to remember nursery rhymes as we tucked them into bed.
The next day we made the 20 minute drive to Lake Nakuru National Park on the outskirts of metropolitan Nakuru. The park is best known for its millions of flamingos that turn the landscape pink.
We also saw white and black rhinos which were a real treat. In the afternoon, haggled with the locals in the craft market and continued to work on our good cop/bad cop routine. We returned to the orphanage to play with the kids in the evening. We got mobbed showed Serengeti videos on our computer of lions and cheetahs. I’ve never had so many kids in my lap and hanging on my shoulders. An improvised fireworks display using burning steel wool in a swinging wire cage finished the evening.
On Friday, we joined the kids during their morning activities and sat in on class before saying goodbye and heading out of Nakuru toward the Kenyan highlands and tea plantations.
Your trip looks unbelievable! And youguys have some of the most amazing photos and stories. Grad school is going to have a tuff act to follow :)
ReplyDeleteEvery morning in Boston, our baby wakes up.
ReplyDeleteShe knows she could run us into the ground or drive us crazy.
Every morning a mom and dad wake up a few minutes after the baby wakes up.
They know that the baby could run them into the ground or drive them crazy.
However, if the mom and dad are run into the ground or driven crazy who will feed the baby...
so the baby cuts them a break and the cycle repeats.
Looking forward to you guys returning!