on Flamingos , Hippos, and Bruno

so day 2 started with meeting my friends amit, shai and tali which were in some state of shock due to the unexpected day in Turkey and lack of sleep.

i got out of the bus to greet them and got swarmed by the trinket sellers.

we went to a super market to get some pad locks and more supplies (water and snacks) then went to a local coffee shop where i tried some local pastry that the guide recommended the previous night, it was not bad but i forgot its , the rest had coffee. we got on the bus after i got a Masai necklace and an African music CD which i still have not heard and we headed for lake navasha. we reached the lake at around noon and had a basic lunch that met brunu.

Bruno is a local guide in charge of our lake navasha options and he explained about all our wonderful options, i will try to repeat his explanation the best i can

lake navasha is very interesting, you can take a boat ride which will take an hour where you can see lots of Flamingos, millions of them and hippos, then you can walk with the animals, we have lots of animals , no cats, or you can just take a boat ride which will take you to see lots of Flamingos, millions of them and Hippos, like i said you can go and watch the hippos and Flaminogs in a boat then walk with the animals, no cats or you can just take a boat to see the hippos and flamingos, so you can pay 40$ for a boat ride to see the flamingos and the hippos, then walk with the animals, no cats . so on the right stand the people that want to go for a boat ride on the lake to see the hippos and millions of flamingo then go walk with the animals, no cats and on the left please stand those just wanting to go for a boat ride to see the flamingos and the hippos.

when bruno was done we got confused on how many options we have and what they entailed, some were sleeping by then, we all preferred the movie Bruno to this guy. in the end we all chose to see the boa ride with the .... enough already.

3 vans came to pick us up and we reached a small lake which is no lake Natasha but had lots of flamingos, we boarded 3 small crafts and headed for the lake where large flocks of flamingos flew overhead in wonderful sights. we also seen some Giraffes, Zebras, various antelopes, a fish eagle atop a tall tree and finally hippos, lots of hippos, we brought the boats over till about 20 meters away from the huge submerged beasts and sat in amazement. more flamingos flew over and we returned to shore.

as promised, we that went to a near by animal reserved and started walking and right away seen several Masai giraffes which snuck away from us and lots of these tall necks on the hill just above. Herds of zebras followed the Giraffes for protection and small pumba (wart hogs) ran close by in a cute funny way, we started to follow the herds, snicking in for better shots and trying to be as close as zebraly possible. we passed a bee hive, some unusual trees and all of a sudden a tiny impala stood there. this was an open park and you are not guaranteed to see the animals and seeing a rare impala is nice. this impala is as tall as a medium dog, it is also shy and a fast runner so it was challenging to get a shot of it, but we managed we walked around this park for about 2 hours and this was our only real walk the entire trip.

we returned to camp for some small pink cattle steaks and went to sleep after few hour in the pub where most people drank Tusker beer and i drank my usual coke.