Day 70 Naro Moro 12/12/12

Last night we had a visitor around the campfire - a cat like animal with a spotted body and long striped tail. It took us quite some time to work out it was a common genet.

Up while it was still pitch black to have our third drive around the reserve, as many animals are up early to avoid the heat of the day. Forgot to mention yesterday that there are so many birds here, and such colours. The two I thought best were the Superb Starling (iridescent top with bronze bottom with yellow stripe - unlike our starlings, there are so many in Africa that some compare them to the birds of paradise), and a "guinea fowl" that has a grey body and a very long,
pale blue neck with what look like long white frills.

Next stop was Nanyuki for shopping, where three of us grabbed the opportunity to have an all day breakfast - with BACON! Fantastic - we rather wolfed it down.

And then on to another highlight of the trip - crossing the Equator, where of course we all had to have our photograph taken. Far better to have one foot in each hemisphere than simply fly over it at 36000'.

Camped for the night at Mountain Lodge in the Mount Kenya National Park, another UNESCO world heritage site, with another superb home made meal.