Jane feeling dodgy again and she had to finally resort to Imodium after
seven days – ironic considering we now have an ensuite loo. Morning trip to the lake with one of the local guides to see the flamingos
– the walk across the lake was horribly hot but the views from the top of a
rocky outcrop were amazing of the volcano Ol Doinyo Lengai.
On the way back to the truck we were ambushed by a group of Maasai girls selling necklaces – highly amusing discussion for the half mile walk. Feel a bit guilty for not buying anything as they were all lovely but we did give them some water. Relaxing few hours over the middle of the day – I tried to recuperate whilst Ian did the washing. After lunch which I missed (Ian had a three course meal) we took on a 45 minute walk (read cross between scramble and coasteering) up to the waterfalls above the lake with our guide Korianga.
Absolutely fantastic wild swimming spot. As with the best swimming pools, you start with a cold shower from spring water casading down intio the ravine from some 20m above - then into the warm waters in the river – tried to swim to the falls we got within 2m but the current was unbelievably strong sweeping you back down the ravine ready for another go. Back at camp in the evening we had a long chat with a group of Americans who had climbed the volcano the night before - by the sound of it they were lucky to survive. One fell down a ravine and it took 2 hours to find him, they all ran out of water to the extent that one of the guys was severely hallucinating - mental note to self do not add this to wish list of things to do in the future!
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