Lake Baringo

 Lake Baringo! Two matatus and a taxi ride later, Mety and I arrived in Baringo.
Our accommodations changed at the last minute, so after our taxi dropped us off about
3 kilometers down a "road" (ha. hahaha. hahahahahaha - NOT a road.) We changed our minds
again and called for a motorbike to take us back to a different hotel.

Cooking catfish

After checking in, we had our new motorbike friend take us into town to buy fish for dinner.
It's quite the experience!

Pick out your fish!

There's a fish market on the side of the road where they sell
smoked or fried fish - Catfish or Tilapia.


We picked a piece of fried Catfish since neither
of us had never tried it. You take your cooked fish to a nearby hotel and they warm it
for you while you wait. We ordered some chapati and about 30 minutes later, dinner was served.
yum! The fish was too much for us to finish, and it only cost 100ksh ($1.20). The hotel charged 90ksh to warm it up with chapati. Now that's vacationing on a budget!

 Good morning Lake Baringo! We woke up to three ostriches strolling around the grounds having breakfast.

I've never gotten this close to a Crown Crane! These birds are all over Kenya, and there are lots of them by the village, so beautiful.

The hotel as two blue tailed monkeys in a cage. Right after I said "sad! that cage is too small!" one of them gave us this look! I think he agrees. Let him out.









This little guy seemed pretty happy swinging around in his cage. But I think he really wanted my camera!

Lake Baringo is a bit flooded right now from the rainy season, so the water is a lot closer to the hotel than it usually is. 

For those of you who are only reading this to find out what we bought the knife for - that was just for cutting up our fresh watermelon! Our first hotel was supposed to have a kitchen, but now we're stuck with two glasses and a bottle of water, which doesn't do much to a watermelon. Made for a great Facebook post though! =)