Hell's Gate

After school closed for April holiday I was able to travel to Naivasha to meet up with some PCV friends and explore Hell's Gate National Park. Hell's Gate is unique because you can ride bikes through the park (or walk if you want), which means you are very close to all the animals. We rode around the park from 9am to 6pm and saw lots of zebra, including baby zebra, baboons, buffalo, warthogs and lots of impala. We rode out bikes for a few hours, during which time we decided on a bike gang name of Hell's Munchkins, to reach the gorge at the other side of the park and hiked through the gorge for a few hours. The gorge is absolutely beautiful, it has been shaped by volcanic activity and more recently by a river that flows when the rains are heavy. When you walk through the gorge the guides warn you about flash floods and they point of the "emergency exits" that take you to higher ground in case a flash flood is coming. The only downside to the day was that I had been really sick the week before so I hadn't eaten solid food in about 5 days and the biking left me utterly exhausted. But, it was totally worth the effort to see everything that we did that day. After Hell's Gate I headed to Nairobi for a few weeks to do some work in the office writing an annual stake holders report for the education project and then to see a physical therapist for my shoulder (which is doing ok, but washing clothes, carrying water and riding public transport make it very aggravated so it's nice to get some PT when I can). Then it's vacation time and I'm headed to SPAIN to meet up with Cydney and Courtney! YAY!

Here are pictures from our Hell's Gate adventure.