Sunday, 9 October 2011

2nd last day :( (Day 12)

SAFARI!
Today we went on an exciting tour of Buffalo Springs Game Reserve then through Samburu National Park in our old friend, the matatu.
We woke at the almost normal time of 6am today to head off early so we could see the best of the animals!
After slowly scraping our way past the what felt like millions of people selling us various traditional Kenyan items, we managed to escape with a few too many wooden giraffes and almost no money.
It was quite hot today even for the locals and the van had a few sticky people in it with wet bums!
This is a long list of animals that we saw today:
Zebras (grevys and common ones)
Gerunuk (long neck antelopes)
Dik-diks
Giraffes
Elephants
Warthogs
Monkeys (who enjoyed our lunch)
Baboons
Gazelles and loads more.
We ended up being absolutely covered in orange dust by the time we reached Samburu. The matatu got so hot in the 33 degree midday sun that it was impossible to survive without a window open- but this meant you often got a faceful of dust!
We also passed a very tempting swimming pool which Mrs Mac, Matthew and I very nearly "accidently" fell in!
After leaving the safari park and having nyama choma (goat meat) in a restaurant on the way back, we had a naming ceremony. Mrs Kerr was named Nkathe, which means responsible one. Matthew was named Mwenda which means well behaved and likeable. I was named Makena which means jolly or happy. Danielle was named Kaari which means feminine. Neal was named Muthomi which means intelligent. Mrs Mac was named Kiende, which means sociable.
Overall it was an enthralling day which we won't forget in a hurry.

1 comment:

LK said...

That's quite a list. Hope you've got some good snaps x