"So it's kind of like flying then?" I ask Patrice as we make our way through the Rift Valley sitting in the back of Jamie's pickup...."It's not kind of like flying," he says, "it is flying."
Soaring in the air for almost an hour at 3000 meters above the ground really makes those dreams you have when your staring up at the sky and the clouds as a little kid, imagining dancing through those clouds and soaring through the sky with the birds.....well come true. It's like nothing I have ever experienced before, its not the HUGE burst of intense adrenaline that you get when you skydive....no its more of a sustained high as you surf the pockets of thermal air to take you into the clouds. People who para-glide are completely obsessed with it, I could see that from everyone who I have ever met who does it, and after the flight I can see why. The views from that high are like nothing you can imagine, looking down on the beautiful Rift Valley as you rise and fall with the winds. The feeling of freedom and adrenaline create that all to familiar feeling in my body that I have come to love and seek out. I have heard of people who have a really hard time dealing with real life after doing many adrenaline boosting activities for long periods of time...hmmm
After spending 4 wonderful days with the group of white Kenyans and the French man, we have to split up. Patrice and I decide to chill out and camp for a few days at Lake Baringo, which is one of the best if not the best place in the world for viewing birds it was really nice to camp, hike around the lake, and laze around by a pool. We took a boat around the lake and saw some amazing birds and watched a Fish Eagle have breakfast, which I have footage of on my Picasa page.....here-----> http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/Maryjain419
I have never been a huge bird watcher or anything and it was funny to watch the tourists who where there to view and catalog these birds, but the quantity of these guys was absolutely phenomenal, I mean one after another, different colors, shapes, and sizes....so many freaking birds! We arrived at Baringo on a Sunday and left on Wed morning for Nairobi. Patrice flew back to France and I stayed in Nairobi with the same couch surfer that I stayed with my first day in Kenya. It was funny being back in Kayole I felt like I had made a big circle and I really did as this was my 4th time in Nairobi. I promised it would be my last but now I don't think it will be.
So I can back to Nanyuki with the idea of heading to Ethiopia, I stayed with the pilet, Jamie for a few days while healing my eye. I managed to get pink eye in Nairobi and couldn't open my eye one morning! I was getting ready to leave the next day to head north when I met a girl called Siobhan. She is a Scottish girl who has been living in Kenya for a couple of years, she was looking for a roommate and convinced me into believing that yoga is exactly what this town needs and would be a huge success here. SO I decided to scrap the plans to head to Ethiopia and try to post up here and make a few Shillings. We have now rented a huge 2 bedroom house on 7 acres of land in a small town on the edge of Nanyuki called Liki. I am having a massage table built and have some yoga classes up and running, sort of. I am also trying to set up a program for the local kids to learn hooping in exchange for doing some trash collection in the village. So this brings us up to date finally.
Next time in the adventures of a fairy....
will April make any money in a village in Africa?
will she make it back to Spain in time to see her family?
will the electricity at her house stay on long enough to cook dinner tonight?
Only time will tell, stay posted!
one love
