My friend Sue and I went to Lake Baringo on the weekend, a few hours north of Nairobi. It was my first tented camp experience, and was wonderful! Waking up as the sun rose and seeing the view from your bed without having to go outside was amazing, especially as it was a proper bed and not a mat!
There was limited power and no television on the island so I did disappointingly miss out on watching the Wales game (as SJ wasn't playing I was slightly less gutted), though I met another rugby fan and so we made the best of our resources and used his internet dongle to check the 2 minute updates on the BBC websites to see the scores.....not the same exciting adrenaline pumping experience but was definitely novel and fun!
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| View from our tent |
The lodge was lovely, and was on an island on the lake, so there was really nothing to do! It was amazing!! There were some lovely families there who had brought an array of fun inflatables so I enjoyed befriending the kids and playing with their toys in the pool whilst sipping on a chilled glass of wine! I couldn't believe how hot it was, absolutely scorching, a welcome change from cool Nairobi.
The lake has crocodiles and hippos so I was regularly checking and looking out, but sadly I never got a glimpse...everyone else did though. I did have crocodile dreams every night though so do feel I got my fair share of sightings! Poor Sue had to put up with my sleep talking....
There was limited power and no television on the island so I did disappointingly miss out on watching the Wales game (as SJ wasn't playing I was slightly less gutted), though I met another rugby fan and so we made the best of our resources and used his internet dongle to check the 2 minute updates on the BBC websites to see the scores.....not the same exciting adrenaline pumping experience but was definitely novel and fun!
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