After saying goodbye and jointly leaving tips to the local staff, we head off just after 7am.

Horrendous roads but beautifully laid out farms on the mountain side. Lots of corn ( a main staple) grown. Lots of trucks waiting for the potato crops to be brought in from the farms…. To be taken to Nakuru and Nairobi

True it is cooler this morning but you see so many local people wearing hoodies and woollen toques . So many up and at it, waiting to be taken to work at the farms. Some farms are privately owned and some are owned by wealthy people in the government. Some pay a little more(/day) &/ or give added perks like lunches and so are always certain to get workers quickly.

Narok (meaning black or dirty in Maasai language) is the name of the city after the river. It is a more modern, very busy, thriving city. Shopping centre ringed with bottle brush and hibiscus bushes.

Lots of livestock (cattle and goats) being herded along the highway right of way, some crossing and preventing us from passing.

We headed out through a Maasai village. It was disgustingly filthy with garbage and plastic strewn everywhere.

Maribu stork

Zebras

Herd of elephants

Wildebeest

A male impala and its harem. He was hot on the trail of one female

Hyenas on the run

Then the group impala “losers”…. The males waiting in the wings to get the harem.

Topi antelopes

Giraffes

Water buffalos

Jackals

OMG….our driver is amazing what he made this vehicle go through to get to the other side to get a better view of…..a convention of 21 safari vehicles all watching a lion couple

Then we start to leave only to see another female with 2 cubs

John told us that all kids wear the same uniforms, all get heads shaved…. Girls or boys so rich or poor , girl or boys all same treatment.

Even when we are hooked to wifi it’s almost impossible to add pictures. What I think I will do is post without pictures but post them once I am home but….. who know!