Lake Nakuru

Now that you have all seen our pictures from this weekend, I thought I would write and tell you a little bit about our excursion. We went to Lake Nakuru on Saturday with another doctor who is here for a few weeks. We all got picked up bright and early at 8 AM and were driven to the Lake by our driver Ken. It took about 2 hours to get there but the roads were great! It was like driving in America. NO big bumps or potholes! We got to the park and both Mike and I admit we weren't expecting to see a lot of animals. They advertise Lake Nakuru as a bird watchers paradise as they have a lot of birds on the lake and sometimes if you're luck as many as 2 million flamingoes. Well, I think we saw maybe 50 flamingos, but as you can see, we saw a lot of animals! We saw a lot of different birds, pelicans, secretary birds, and many others you will see when we visit with our pictures. We also saw heinnas, zebras, lots of buffalo, babboons, giraffes, impalas, gazelles, rhinos, waterbacks, warthogs, a rainbow lizard, and a turtle! It was the coolest thing I think I have ever done or seen. All of these animals out in the open and not in cages like at the zoo! There was a large electric fence around the entire park, but we couldn't see it. Our driver said it's to keep the animals in and the people out! There are lions and leopards in the park, but they were hiding from us! We drove around the park for about 4 hours taking tons of pictures. At some points we were feet from the animals. We were about 10-15 feet from a rhinosaurus! It crossed the road right in front of us! We also got to see a lot of baby animals. We saw a baby zebra, rhino, giraffe, warthog, and babboon. They were so cute! The baby babboon was probably only a few days or weeks old. It was so tiny! We had so much fun on our trip and there were very few people there, so it was mostly just us and the animals. We are now really excited about this coming weekend when we are going on safari to Masai Mara. That is supposed to be a real safari with lions and elephants and everything! We will be taking a lot of pictures. Now, don't think that all we are doing is going around and goofing of and seeing animals. Mike is back at the hospital today working hard! We are having a lot of fun though and I think that is making our time here go very quickly. We have less than three weeks left! I hope you are enjoying hearing about our adventures and enjoy the pictures. We will try to keep them coming!