24/11: Lake Naivasha

Today my dad and I had a bit of time before he had to get back to Nairobi for his flight to Kampala. So we had decided to take a boat ride on Lake Naivasha since we were already so close, but hadn’t been down to the water. We took a boat out with Joel our new captain. Joel knew the names of all the birds we saw and we saw a lot. We were out on the lake an hour and it was really beautiful and amazing to see hippos, pelicans and all of the other kinds of birds in their natural surroundings. We were stuck in the mud a few times, but Joel was always able to get us out, even if he had to jump unto the lake. Afterwards we went back to relax and have lunch before we had to get going one of the other guests: Alex, who is driving to Nairobi today has promised to take my dad some of the way and then he has arranged for a taxi to come and pick him up and take him the rest of the way to the airport. He dropped me off in Naivasha so that I could take a matatu the rest of the way. It was weird to say goodbye to my dad after only two days, but I will see him again in two weeks when he comes back from Uganda. After I got back I washed some more clothes so that everything, almost, is clean when I pack it tomorrow.