The bonus about not doing the balloon ride was that
we were able to sleep in a bit this morning before heading out to meet up with
the group – the downside is that the hotel didn’t get the right tent number and
came and woke us up at 6am! It was
sad…but I’m sure they have a lot of people to try and remember!
We drove to the park gates where we were to wait for
the balloon people and because we were there anyway, S.K. decided to have
something fixed on the car…and fixed…and more parts needed…and it was quite the
process! The car was jacked up by
putting the jack onto a rock in order to achieve the height needed. Then, when the jack was needed for something
else in the wheel well, they used a stump of a tree to hold the van up! It was a very interesting process and I am
still amazed that the entire repair took only 1.5h!
It was a frustrating 1.5h because we knew we had a 6h
drive ahead of us today…but stopping was interesting because lots of local
Maasai people came over to talk to us.
The guys seem to be quite well educated and are interested in going to
university and the majority speak English fluently. However, we didn’t see many females and the
ones we did see were mainly attempting to sell us things. We gave the guys Canada pins and they
proceeded to put them in the already existing holes in their ears! It was
pretty funny. They all wanted my watch
in exchange for something they had –but I am useless without a watch, so I couldn’t
give it up. Had I known that was a hot
commodity, I could have brought a few old, still working, watches from
home! Next time!
We survived the bumpy road of the Mara and stopped at
another curio shop to use the washrooms…and I totally caved in and bought a
giraffe – that I really didn’t need to buy!
Uggg…now I am going to have to figure out how to get him home. I think I am going to be able to construct a
cardboard box that I can put him in so that I can check him as luggage! We’ll see.
It will definitely make my last day here more interesting!
The rest of the drive was long, but rather
uneventful. We decided to skip lunch and
go to the shop Dee recommended “The Collectors Den” instead. It was a great stop because the prices were
so good and the quality of the items was excellent. There was everything from little souvenirs to
art. It was great. I really looked hard at some Tanzanite, and
when I thought I had made up my mind to get some, I was mistaken on the price
and that threw me off completely and I decided to not bother with it. I am fantastically horrible at spending
money. I did get a couple more serving
spoon sets and things like that. All
good.
The hotel was the same as the first two nights that
we were in Kenya and it had a beautiful dinner – so we were happy that we
missed lunch. Bed early tonight because
I am planning an awesome work out tomorrow morning before our drive out to
Amboseli.
Later,
-AJ
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