I am sitting on the most comfortable bed/couch that is on my front porch. I have my 100% Deet bug spray on and still have not had one mosquito bite. I spoke too soon. I just got two bites on my leg. Hopefully they did not have malaria. Tonight had probably been the most relaxing night yet. It is just warm enough for shorts but just cool enough to be comfortable. I could fall asleep right here because of how the palm tree branches swaying in the wind sound like rain. Everything is so beautiful.
Today: Our wake up call this morning was for 7, which was somewhat late compared to the previous days - even thought I woke up at 5 am to the chirping of birds. I thought my head was going to explode. I eventually dozed off until 6:30. We had fruit, sausage, coffee with chocolate and toast. I passed on the eggs because it made me sick the day before. Today we traveled three long hours towards Lake Eyasi. The road we traveled tops every road we had been on up to this point. It was non-stop bumpiness and as Elisa called it the “Dancing Roads”. As we road in the car, we drove past little villages with random housed along the side of the road. It was sad seeing how these people live and seeing houses built just out of sticks and mud. Almost every house we passed had children that would run up and hold out their hands for pretty much anything but for the most part it was “Pee Pee” which means candy in Swahili. The youngest boy we saw as 3 years old. It breaks my heart to see them like that but I think they shouldn’t be trained to think that if they beg, they would get something. After three hours we made it to Kisima Ngeda Tented Camp. The lodge sits at the edge of this huge lake that is mostly dried out during this time of the year. The lodge has a pool and a fresh water fishing pond where kids come down to fill up their jugs with water. Since most of the day was spent with travel, we had the afternoon off to show Brooke pictures and walk out on the lake. Meryl, Mi’chel, Jamie, Christina and I went out on the lake and saw where all of the children bring their goats and cows to get food and water. On the way back to the lodge, I spotted some sap coming out of the tree that looked pretty cool and Jaime can vouch for me. I started taking pictures of it and some of the kids showed me that they eat the sap. I pulled some down and they went crazy. They were fighting over who would eat it. Obviously it was like candy to them but it was so sad to think that it might have been a few days since they had eaten. Around 6pm we headed up the mountain that looked over the lodge and the lake and saw the most beautiful sunset I have ever seen. We had a delicious steak dinner and had flan for dessert. I think that was the only bad part of my day. Its 10pm and we have to get up at 6 am. I am getting to bed!
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