Showering in Luxury

Day 14
8:00 Breakfast
10:30 Archaeology
12:30 Lunch
2:30 Nature Walk
6:30 Dinner
7:30 Natural History Class

   Today we went on a guided nature walk to look for colobus monkeys. "We walked silently in single file following our local guides. We could hear the monkey call, it was like a purring "rar" sound. We trekked through the bush trying to find them. We got off course and had to cross this slippery waterfall, but we made it safely back to the lodge."
   Camping on the lodge grounds has its perks. We had access to hot showers here! At our compound in Karen we have showers; they're cold water and in the chilly air of Nairobi, it's not exactly as refreshing as you'd think! While in the bush in Eremit we had portable showers. You filled up a canvas bag with water from a bucket, then used a pulley to pull it up over a branch. A pull chain opened a small hole in the bag which was attached to a shower head so the water would rain down on you. When you're soaping up you can turn off the water. A privacy curtain surrounded the bag to make a little enclosure. I didn't take a photo of it, I hope my explanation does it justice! 10 years ago today I had a hot shower for the first time in two weeks and reveled in the luxury of it.