A trip to the rock
Last weekend, while everyone else was going to Machakos, a group of us stayed in Kitui and decided to take our first “hiking” trip. There is a very large rock that is a popular tourist destination. Yes, I did say a ROCK, but it’s really large! It took us about 2 hours to walk to the rock. Once there you pay a small fee and they let you climb up the stairs/scaffolding to the top 150 above. The views from the top were unbelievable. It was the first time that we really had an idea of where all the villages were compared to each other. We are 53 volunteers spread over a fairly large distance. (It would take me probably 1.5 hours to walk to the farthest volunteer from us.) On a clear day the guy told us that we could see all the way to Nairobi and Mt. Kilimanjaro. Even better than the views was the cool wind that blew on top. It was so nice that we spent 2 hours just hanging out up top. From that vantage point we were sure that we could see a shortcut back. Down at the bottom it wasn’t as clear, but we still set off in what we hoped was the right direction. Fortunately we found some kids who pointed us in the right direction. One of the kids had a wooden “bike” (shown below) that was super cool! I need to get one of those when we get home!