Glamping at Magadi

This past weekend some friends and I headed to Magadi- well specifically to Olorgesailie http://www.webkenya.com/eng/safari/magadi.php - to go camping, or as we like to call it "Glamping" (
http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/node/741) .

Magadi was beautiful but HOT. So hot that we hunkered together in shade, in Ian's trunk of his car, and in our nice little bandas, trying to keep cool. The first day we went in search of a pool, thinking that there must be a hotel nearby. We were wrong. There was no pool, but instead hot springs. We weren't too keen on the idea of going to the hot springs, as it was about 35 degrees outside, but we figured it was liquid so maybe it wouldn't be that bad. We were wrong. When we arrived the "hot springs" were like little puddles. We had a giggle, and then were directed to the deeper hot spring area. I went in first and it was boiling. I wouldn't even have a bath at the temperature. The springs were supposed to be therapeutic so I encouraged the rest of the group to give it a try. We all went in and emerged completely red- basically we were cooking in the hot springs. As we left the hot springs we were laughing pretty hard about our experience and as I said to everyone "Well at last we have a story!"

My banda for the weekend

Someone sent our friend Natalia a number of trashy magazines... we were addicted over the weekend!!

For more pics from the weekend go to: http://www.flickr.com/photos/amandainkenya

I am off to the UK for 12 days of training as of Wednesday and then after that 2.5 weeks in Tampa and D.C.!! In Tampa, I will be the guest speaker at the Acadia Alumni event- eeks!!