Posting from Nairobi

A lot happened since the last time I reported to you. We're in Kenya now, for example. We stayed in Arusha longer than planned; we changed our plans together with some new friends, Saturday night, after a day of walking around in Arusha and using the internet. The next morning we waited for one and a half hour for Tom, after that another hour for Steve (with Landrover!). We spend the rest of the day watching a couple of cars in a dangerous rally, eating cheeseburger and pizza, while drinking some beers. Monday morning we've seen the rest of Arusha and in the afternoon we had an awesome lunch at Steve's place, we also watched three (!) movies...
And Tuesday it was of to Nairobi with the bus, from 7 am till 1 pm. Busy. Noisy. Traffic. People in suits. High buildings. Crazy. But, even though it surprises myself, I kind of like the city. Wondered along the streets the rest of the day, while avoiding getting hit by a vehicle. After some very funny hours with drunk people in a bar, we took of for a (cheap) night at the airport. I might have slept for 3 hours, on the floor, because Nairobi Airport doesn't seem to have benches...
And than there was Bram, Veerle's friend. Toured around on foot in the city the rest of the day and found out the National Museum is still under construction.
The four of us left for a two-day safari which we arranged on the airport. Ready at 6 am, arrived at Hell's Gate NP at 9.30. We were allowed to actually walk around, as long as we staid on the path. So now I can say I ate a bammetje with hagelslag (thanks to Bram) not far from wild zebras, oryx, waterbuck, elands, gazelles, giraffes and buffaloes. Have seen lots of bee-eaters, hyrax and monkeys as well. After a quick stop in Naivasha we drove on to Nakuru, where we arrived at a fancy hotel called the Waterbuck. I felt like being in the wrong place with my dirty clothes.
Visited Lake Nakuru NP on Friday; three million flamingos, gazelle, buffaloes, impala, giraffe, monkeys and black and white rhinos (we've seen 15 in total). So, now we've the big five complete!!
Saturday, after a lazy start and me getting my trousers fixed again, we hiked 10 km to a nearby crater (forgot the name). We had to seek shelter from the rain on the way back; ended up drinking tea and playing a card game in a tiny local bar/tea house. We took the bus to Kisumu, at the second largest lake of the world, Lake Victoria, early Sunday morning, where we arrived late afternoon. The road was so bumpy the driver decided to drive next to the road sometimes, or at the right (wrong!). Met a lot of mosquitoes while walking around trying to get a good spot on the lake while seeing the third largest town of Kenya. Yesterday we hiked to Hippo Point. No hippos. Hiked further in the sun, through villages and the local African life, till we found a boat which took us on the lake to see the noisy hippos, and egrets, herons, king fishers etc.
And now my story reached today. We're in Nairobi again, after mini buses from 7.30 till 16.30. Tomorrow morning, at 6 am again, another friend is arriving, Ruben, Leonie's boyfriend. But we decided to stay in town for some sleep tonight; we're gonna take the first bus to the airport tomorrow.