First up, let met apologise for capitalising Zebras, Eland and Giraffes in the previous post – I know many of my BPhil-classmates, if they are reading, must have cringed. All I can say is that they must have made quite an impression (more so than the poor flamingos, who only got a little ‘f’)…
So, we’ve made it to Kisumu! We took our first bus to get here, which took a few hours but was pretty comfortable, despite the fact that no-one wanted to open any of the windows. We also got relieved of about R40 (400 kenyan shillings) in a rather ingenious scam.
It’s mostly our fault, because we were playing things by ear and, as a result, didn’t have a very good idea what was going on – we got a lift from one of the guys from Fisherman’s Camp to Naivasha town, and he dropped us at the very chaotic bus- and matatu ‘station’. When we arrived, he waved someone over and instructed him to help us.
This guy took us to a legitimate-looking ticket office, where we bought two tickets for 700 shillings each. A few minutes later, he looked at the tickets and said these were the wrong ones, so he hurried off with them and came back with two new ones. We only realised they were valued at 500 shillings each when we were seated on the bus.
As far as I’m concerned it’s a reasonable fee for his trouble – we really didn’t know what we were doing, and we were on the bus in about 10 minutes, so, as far as robbery goes, it was pretty hassle-free!
Our last day at Naivasha was spent recovering from the previous day’s cycling, and walking through Hell’s Gate national park in the afternoon. Once again it was pretty amazing to be able to walk in ‘n wildlife reserve – there were a few bus-loads of tourists that came past us, but generally it’s recommended that you walk/cycle through the park.
We even went off the road in an attempt to get a few nice photos, but Dillon didn’t have a way with the zebras. On the other side of the road, however, I had too much of a way with them, and was merrily taking photographs when they started…er…procreating 
I’ll post on Kisumu soon – seem to have fallen behind on the posting and, once again, there’s too much to say! Time for some Tusker Lager at the Sooper Guest House.
(Also: We’re hoping to find out what the Victoria Her ball Specialist really specialises in…)
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