Travel Day to Timau

Day 13
6:30 Tent Breakdown
7:00 Breakfast
9:00 Leave for Timau
1:00 Lunch Stop
5:00 Arrive Timau
7:00 Dinner

The Staff Setting Up Lunch

The Cows At Our Lunch Spot

   Today was a long day on the truck, 6.5 hours of driving. On the way we saw crops of maize, mango trees and neat looking cactus trees.  This day is one that has been forever imprinted in my memory and as I read through my journal entry all the feelings I had on this day came rushing back to me. Since this day I have NEVER said "I'm starving" and dislike when I hear people say it. "We stopped for lunch at a grassy area by a river and there were cows everywhere! The camp staff set up the tables and food, it was amazing how they pulled everything out and chopped all the veggies. We all sat in the grass beside the cows and ate. It was a real eye opener when local people surrounded us and stared. There were men who lay on the hill and watched us eat. You really think about what you're throwing away when hungry people are watching you. I think we left them all our leftovers."

Camp Site 2 - Timau

   In Timau we are camping on the grounds of Timau River Lodge, it's pretty luxurious compared to where we've camped before. The professors got to sleep in cabins, lucky them because I wrote in my journal that the ground was hard here, much harder than Nairobi and Eremit! 10 years ago today I learned firsthand about the value of food and to appreciate what I have.