Boat rides are scary (esp in the rainy season)

April 5 - Loyangalani, Lake Turkana

Happy Easter!!!!!

Today we played soccer for an hour and I almost got heat stroke

We swam in a crocodile infested lake and I stabbed my foot with a thorn AGAIN, and when I got in a crocodile almost bit off my toe (just kidding but it did start bleeding because I kicked a rock).

On Easter Sunday we took a boat ride in crocodile infested waters.  First of all, the boat was tiny and there were waaaaaay too many people in it.  Second, the boat broke down - a fisherman on a set of floating logs helped us fix it (we were stranded on an island with the monsoon rain coming).   Next , after it was fixed, we headed into a monson with a major lightning storm which turned into hail and massive thunder and lightning all around.  We pulled into some rocks in the massive monsoon downpour and the rocks started running like flash floods.  Oh and 1 more thing... my pfd was waaaaaay too big, so if I fell off, I may not have survived anyways. 

Here is the boat:

Here is a picture of Amoro holding Eli and I after the entire incident.  

(look at my pfd).  do I look happy in this photo?  

This is what Eli said about our boat trip "we got rained on and almost killed by lightning." 

Kwaheri!
p.s. here is an answer to Ms. Terhune's classes' questions:
1.  Riley - I did see crocodiles.  Really only 1 baby, but that's pretty cool.
2. Demetri - yes I did get cooked!!!!!!
3.  Violet - I didn't feel so sure about swimming but all the locals were doing it and none of them were eaten by crocodiles so I got in too (Demetri - I was so cooked I needed to cool off).
4- Ryan - they grabbed my arms and yanked me over to them!!!!!! Yuck!
5- Grady - I put on sunblock 3 times a day.