Oct. 1, 2012

Today we are driving 8 hours to the town of Eldoret, Kenya on our way to the Kenya/Uganda border.  Since its just the 3 of us for this leg of the trip we are taking the Land Rover.  This morning we loaded up the car with our bags, cooking and camping equipment. Our first stop was the grocery to pick up food for dinner.  Our guide has been super nice so far, kinda showing us the ropes and helping us with all our questions.

Zebra are along the side of the roads like deer would be back home.  It's awesome to see. 

We drove by the Rift Valley this morning.  It's always fun to see places you hear about on TV all the time.  We also stopped at a picnic area to have lunch by a lake.

Did you know that the Movie Lion King actually teaches you real Swahili?!?!

As I have asked around about how to say several things I have learned that:
Rafiki (the monkeys name in the movie) = friend
Simba (the main character) = lion
Asante sana (some words in the monkeys song) = Thank you very much
Hakuna Mata = no worries/no problem

We also crossed the equater from the south to the north.   We stopped to take a picture of the line!

We arrived at out campsite around 4:30 and did a little exploring.  The site had a lot of vegitation and nice facilities.  AND we set up just one tent for the three of us and without bags we fit perfectly. 

Our driver, Henry, cooked our first meal for us.  Rice, fried chicken, and a veggie stew.  He also cooked pancakes for breakfast, yum!!  The first night in out tent was quite pleasant.  Us 3 seem to get along really well and had good funny conversation well into the night.