Blog Five

That jungely/rainforesty place thingy.

Blog 5
Of the days that have gone by so far since I last wrote, only one of them had a big activity. That would be Saturday, if you’re wondering, but let me get the in-between.

Thursday, the 10th was another rest day. Yessssssssssssss………….. No, I am not a snake. Truly, I did nothing.

Friday , the 11th, was supposed to be full, with doing an overview of the progress of the house, going to Bungoma to shop, and posting the blogs (I don’t know if I told you, but we’ve had power out for like a long time…). Yes, I had multiple blogs that I was supposed to post that day. Anyway, our brilliant plans were slightly upset by the fact that during the night I developed some sort of stomach disorder (aka BLEAGH), and so was in bed the rest of the day. ?This might have been because of the food in the community? I don’t know, but there are some bacteria here that American immune systems really aren’t used to. Well, that day was boring. Oh, well… John and Jan left today also, which was bad, since we had become good friends with them over the course of their stay.

Saturday, the 12th. Today was a great day, with us taking an opportunity to actually do some touring. Our place of interest was the Kakamega Natural Reserve, and, since I can’t really explain it to you in words, most of this blog will be pictures with a short explanation. I’d also like to point out that we hiked like 17 kilometers (10 miles?) according to the maps. This is going to take a really long time to put on the computer…

This is of me at the Isiukhu Falls, our first stop along the way.
The overlook at the highest point of our hike (roughly 5000 feet- yes, we were breathing like Darth Vader with an asthma attack while trying to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a backwards pulling vacuum cleaner.) Buyongo point. From here on out, it was down.

Just another photo of Mom, Sammy (recognize him from any earlier blogs?) and, The King of the Universe As You Know It (Me.) at the top of the climb.

The colobus monkey is pretty common in this jungle thing, but extremely hard to photo. Maybe if you have a zoom option on your computer, you can find the monkey in this picture. Where’s Waldo?

Yahoo, baboons! Coming back, we spotted this clan just lounging around near the road. Apparently they’re extremely mean, and pests of the forest. I still think this picture’s cool though…
This is completely unrelated to the subject at hand, but here’s a picture of John and Jan Gribben, who we became really good friends with over the course of several weeks. I took this picture the day before they left. Just so you know.