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From Narok we headed sort of southish then turned off the main road onto a dirt track. (The main road was dirt as well) . Following the track for a few Km it then starts to divide… a person could get a bit lost here. Well, if you kept the ridgeline behind you and slightly to your left, you’d eventually get back to the main road ……or eaten by a lion.
We stopped at this crossroad to top up our water supply from a bore and a couple of kids who were minding the cattle came up to see what was going on…
As I am unfortunately a water snob, we brought along the katydyn again… and it would get clogged about every 4th day. So the water is pretty rough in places. They put chlorine in it which is OK for cooking but tea and coffee tastes terrible. So we’d get our own water (pre chlorinated) and fill our bottles.
About another half hour or so and we reached Chris’ village where we were to camp for the night. Very nice, basic setup.
Just over the rise is the Masai village… we go there tomorrow.
From our tents you cross a small rivulet to the cooking/dining area. That is the road in/out. Note the bowls ready set up.. One bowl for washing, one bowl is disinfectant, the next is rinsing. Same goes for us… before we start to prepare food or sit down to eat, we wash, disinfect and rinse. We had bought a couple of beers (yes I know… but see above note on water quality) and I put them in the little rivulet to cool down. Frank and Marilyn thought it a nifty idea. The beer is marginally better than the water….. Africa is a great place to stop drinking. We used wipes to clean round the neck of the bottle before opening them.
This is one of the men who was volunteered to stay up all night and help guard the camp. And they did. When I went out for my 4 am pee behind the tent, I heard him approaching, as he’d obviously heard a noise.. (me).
Note the mobile phone.
From Narok we headed sort of southish then turned off the main road onto a dirt track. (The main road was dirt as well) . Following the track for a few Km it then starts to divide… a person could get a bit lost here. Well, if you kept the ridgeline behind you and slightly to your left, you’d eventually get back to the main road ……or eaten by a lion.
We stopped at this crossroad to top up our water supply from a bore and a couple of kids who were minding the cattle came up to see what was going on…
As I am unfortunately a water snob, we brought along the katydyn again… and it would get clogged about every 4th day. So the water is pretty rough in places. They put chlorine in it which is OK for cooking but tea and coffee tastes terrible. So we’d get our own water (pre chlorinated) and fill our bottles.
About another half hour or so and we reached Chris’ village where we were to camp for the night. Very nice, basic setup.
Just over the rise is the Masai village… we go there tomorrow.
From our tents you cross a small rivulet to the cooking/dining area. That is the road in/out. Note the bowls ready set up.. One bowl for washing, one bowl is disinfectant, the next is rinsing. Same goes for us… before we start to prepare food or sit down to eat, we wash, disinfect and rinse. We had bought a couple of beers (yes I know… but see above note on water quality) and I put them in the little rivulet to cool down. Frank and Marilyn thought it a nifty idea. The beer is marginally better than the water….. Africa is a great place to stop drinking. We used wipes to clean round the neck of the bottle before opening them.
This is one of the men who was volunteered to stay up all night and help guard the camp. And they did. When I went out for my 4 am pee behind the tent, I heard him approaching, as he’d obviously heard a noise.. (me).
Note the mobile phone.
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