So the flight over was pretty full on, we flew to Amsterdam first which was easy then to Nairobi from there. However just as I was falling asleep Jonny woke up feeling ill and very sweaty - I went to get him water and when I came back he said he couldn't see anything - he was barely there and had enormous pupils! Just as I was starting to panic the woman sat next to us said 'Can I help? I'm a doctor!' I was sooooo relieved and we got Jonny laid out on the floor, with plenty of water and he soon felt better - apparently it was just a big dip in blood pressure which caused him to faint! The rest of the flight was pretty straight forward and we met Tiana (one of the team) at the airport and made our way to where we are staying.
After some food, a snooze and a quick wash we felt refreshed enough to go to Hog Ranch which is a plot of land owned by an American photographer. Its left pretty much wild and one of the AG team lives there - Dom. There are no proper houses, just large canvas tents and little huts made out of natural materials. Everyone was celebrating Dom's birthday that was 2 days earlier so there was a fire, lots of Tuska beer and lots of people. We ate fresh tuna sashimi, that had been caught that day and was so fresh and delicate - dipped in soy and wasabi! Delicious! Then they served large chunks of tune cooked in a homemade curry paste, with jacket potatoes cooked on the fire and a big salad with fresh mango! Whilst we were relaxing we were visited by 3 large warthogs and several geckos. We were the last to leave at about 1am and just as we were getting ready 3 giraffes wandered into the camp where they often get fed. So we hand fed these incredible creatures who just towered over us amongst the trees.
Our journey home was no less eventful as our taxi broke down in the middle of no where, we push started it but it just kept fizzling out so we had to wait for one of the taxi drivers mates to turn up and give us a lift the rest of the way home!
What a first day!!
