Nakuru, Nakuru, Nakuru...

After being in (Bobo) Bolgoria for the latter part of the day, we journeyed what we were told was only going to be a short drive of maybe an hour to Nakuru. HA yeah to the right. 3 hours later we arrived at our hotel just before dark. (Never listen to a Kenyan when it comes to time. Ever. Unless you are at a hotel that costs big money, you see lots of americans, and the kenyans english is impeccable, then and only then are you able to trust them on time. Otherwise just go with your instincts.) Thankfully I did and argued not to stay in Bolgoria. Obviously my case one, and we ended up in a nicer hotel, better food, 5 minutes from the park, and we got the resident rate. Boo-ya! 

Nyways. Lets talk Nakuru. Now folks I have traveled quite a bit in the last 3 months believe it or not, and this was not worth the $80 I had to pay to get in. Thats also not including the car fee or food. Nakuru National Park is like a big riding zoo. It's gated, you can see the city in some parts, and there are huge power lines throughout the park. You also must stay on the roads, there is no off roading which is a total bore. The animals also remain in packs. Meaning, you go to the "Rhino Point" you see rhinos. Then you go to this and that and there are the animals. They aren't just freely around. So there's not a "chase" to game. They do have a heavy population of rhinos and flamingos-if its flamingo season which is around September-December. Other than that they migrate to Bolgoria. Nakuru isn't known for cheetahs, lions (we saw a damn injured one), or leopards. So yeah, good luck on seeing the "Big Five" there!

But without further a due... 

The sunrise. I have found that the sunrises are much prettier than the sunsets.

Sleeping rhinos. It's actually 4 they are just side by side.

Cape Buffalo

The herd of the Cape Buffalo and there are also Zebras out there also.

Baboon. They are so much fun watch! But man are their butts ugly!

The water hole

The White Rhinos. They are called the White Rhino because of their mouthes.

The older one was telling the younger one that he was "more superior" or "bullying" as you will.

nerd.

The injured lion. She stunk so bad.

Out of Africa look out point. It was so beautiful except I was not really able to enjoy it because well, the attack of the amoeba happened right here. There was a "bathroom" but lets just say I became sick as a dad-gum dawg here! Oh it was so horrible and the road were awful. They decided to drop me off at the front gate to be sick so they could go see more things for an hour. Thankfully my bestie here Hilda stayed back with me. Praise the Lord for her!!

Thankfully the rains came and it cooled everything down a bit.

And well, thankfully I had through some medicine in bag last minute right before I left, but that incident was only the calm before the HUGE storm with my amoeba. More to come... on that because amoeba's are a very serious thing. And mine was not treated like it was. More details on that later. 

But my overall thought on Nakuru... naahhh it seriously is not worth all the money unless you are a serious flamingo lover. Other than that... Just wait for the Massai Mara blog!