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| Getting a ride around the compound with our Italian neighbors on their motorcycle. |
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| Pony Camp at the New Muthaiga stables with Lieselotte, a friend from school. |
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| Backwards......? |
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| Visiting favorite pony Alpha |
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| A visit to the Kuona Trust, a collection of artist studios. They sometimes have festivals with local bands and other performances in their garden. |
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| The gate itself is worth going for..... |
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| One of the artist studios. |
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| Relaxing at home in the garden |
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| Desert Rose trees |
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| Inside one of the huts where the Maasai cook and sleep. |
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| Beds made out of dried mud, i.e. not soft at all. One bed is for husband and wife. The other is for the kids. |
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| After an evening of cooking over an open fire, the hut is filled with smoke. The Maasai add special leaves to the fire and manage to keep the mosquitoes at bay with these methods. That's important because Malaria is rampant in these parts. |
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| Building a new hut with mud and rocks. |
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| A more modern hut in which the chickens go in and out. |
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| The Bogoria area is known for its honey. The locals make wooden hives which they hang in trees. They are usually over a meter long. Read more about it here: Traditional beekeeping in Kenya |
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| Village boys fishing |
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| Using homemade boats that sink after a few hours. Made from plants that grow under water. |
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| Another island where one man moved with his 3 wives and plentiful children. |
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| The Desert Rose tree makes a good bee hive when hollowed out. |
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| A view of where the road should have been, now under water. |
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| The car goes for a swim. Parts of the roads required us to drive through the lake.... |
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| Hoping the water won't get deeper... |
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| Admittedly a bit worried..... |
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| Usually the site where hundreds of thousands of flamingos gather to feed, we were told the flocks had just left a week ago. What was left were flamingo carcasses strewn on the road and in the trees. It was a bit macabre so say the least. I asked the ranger if this was normal and he said the flood was to blame. Not only did the extra water dilute the brine and hurt the population of water animals the flamingos feed on, but it disorientated the birds which are used to there being more space between the water and the trees. Apparently they take off from the lake and get stuck in the trees. |
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| One of the biggest attractions for the Kenyans are the hot springs at the side of the lake. It's not Yellowstone, but it was hot enough to boil a few eggs for dinner. |
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| And, it was hot!!! |
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| A beautiful spot littered with trash. What a shame!!! |
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| Lone flamingo left behind by the troops. |
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| We surprised a zebra along the way. |
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| A sighting of the rare Giant Kudos which can grow to be 2 meters high and only live in the Lake Baringo area within Kenya. |
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| We saw a male Kudo as well, with huge spiral antlers towering on his head, but I couldn't get a picture of him. |
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| After almost giving up, we eventually found a spot which was flat enough without too many rocks to pitch our tent. |
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| Sascha built us a little patio out of rocks so we woudl feel more at home. |
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| While collecting firewood, Sascha discovered perfectly round balls and filled a pail up with them. "They will help the fire" she claimed. What she didn't know was that they were Gazelle and Kudo poop. That's one dirty little girl!! |
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| And they really did help the fire get going. It's only dried grass after all, right? |
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| A view into our kitchen..... |
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| Dinner is almost ready! |
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| Waking up. |
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| Wild animals in the trees outside our tent....:)) |
