Alphabet Part 2

Managed to get 5 minutes on Eirian's lap top because everyone is using it to skype home. What a marvellous invention that is! You get to see how untidy people's living rooms are, if nothing else!

Here's my alphabetical update of the day:

H is for Hippopotamus. They are huge and come right up to our rooms in the dead of night to graze. They are also fond of a good scrap and don't mind waking you up at 4.30 with roars that would make a lion sound like a pussy cat. Seriously scary.

I is for impala. A small type of antelope that gather in large groups and flee at the slightest hint of someone getting too close.

J is for Jambo. This is the easiest way of greeting someone in Kenya. Its a bit like saying "Hi! How are you?" Or "Alright? How's it going, alright?" You answer by saying "Jambo!" right back.

K is for Karibu. The word in Swahili for "Welcome" or "Croeso". You hear this a lot because people here are very friendly, polite and welcoming to visitors.

L is for Lodges. These are the equivalent to hotel rooms in which we are staying. They are much better than hotel rooms though because you have two double beds, a sunken bath and wild animals outside your windows. They are probably looking in with some envy at the creature comforts enjoyed by us humans. No wonder they do their best to wake us up in the dead of night.

M is for two things in abundance - Monkeys, which are entertaining and Mosquitoes which are not. We had to laugh today as the monkeys ransacked the marquee that had been set up to provide us with afternoon tea. They sat there ripping open the sachets of sugar and spitting out the tea bags.

N is of course for Naivasha Lake, an place of outstanding natural beauty. I am privileged to be here.