To Lake Nakuru

Day 5, Sweetwater to Lake Nakuru Sweetwater was an incredible place, I could have stayed there for days. But, after watching the sunrise over the hole and being told I missed a black rhino and baby a little earlier, breakfast was quick and we were shuffled off to make our long drive to Lake Nakuru. Along the drive, we kept our eyes open for another random school to give out another soccer ball. As we pulled into the school yard, the teacher wasn't sure about our intentions at first, but was happy to take two balls and let the kids know they were for the whole class. we could see that the adjacent field, students were kicking around some rolled up cloths, wrapped in rope, so it was so much fun to give them a real ball. who knows how long the balls will last, but at least they know we care enough to give them out. 1st bathroom break area was on the Equator again, this time for a water demonstration. It is true that in the Northern Hemisphere, the water swirls counter clockwise, and the Southern Hemisphere swirls clockwise, while on the equator, it drains straight down. We then had a brief stop at Thompson falls to see a beautiful waterfall area. The difficult thing is the local people that work booths close to all these stops, they are very pushy to sell their goods. Some even crowd the buses as we stop for gas or at road side check points, I'm not a haggling shopper so I just can't handle it. After another long stent in the bus, and some very rough roads, we arrived at Lake Nakuru lodge! A break and lunch was the 1st thing on the agenda, meeting up at 4pm for a game drive. Caped Buffalo visited a small watering hole outside the restaurant, as our lunch entertainment and we saw them again shortly after the game drive started. Also viewed was a Black-chested Snake Eagle, a group of White Rhinos, Zebras, a ton of different birds and a leopard!! It was a splendid cat, just out for an afternoon stroll, before a little dinner hunt. Lastly we visited the actual lake, Lake Nakuru! 10,000 Greater and Lesser (pinker ones) flamingos! Down from a number in the 100,000's but it was still amazing. There were a bunch of pelicans as well, beautiful scenery as the sun was setting. We stopped one last time, as the shadows lengthened, to watch a rhino family, the baby looking like a "mini me" of the parents, so cute!