Sawa, what I really mean is that we went to Hell’s Gate, in Naivasha, today. About one hour drive northwest from Nairobi. It is a volcanic national park. It has hot springs and so some of the waterfalls have really hot water…like the temp you would take tea with. Some of it is hotter than shower water. Our tour guide was fantastic, Josephat. He was a great photographer for us (he would be a good choice for wedding photos, especially the candid shots) and he had a degree in Biology, so he was telling us all about the geologic “nuts and bolts” of it. How there is this certain type of algae that grows only under the water that flows very hot and dies if the water becomes too cool. The hot water comes from about 900meters in the earth; down by the magna, or something, then as it flows down as a waterfall, it cools (obviously). It is also very high in sulfur so it is not safe to drink, but you can bathe in it and it’s good for your skin.
Let’s see, we also saw a lot of obsidian rock, which is used to make arrowheads. Oh, part of Tomb Raider II was filmed here, and the scene from The Lion King where Simba is in the wildebeest herd and Mufasa falls/is thrown off the cliff was also created from a scene at Hell’s Gate (also below). I did have a bit of deja vu when we saw the view...
On the way back, we drove through some neighborhoods of Nairobi. Runda, is the hoity-toity, mansion portion of the city. That’s where I’ll live, but not today…maybe tomorrow.
(Tomb Raider II)
(Sharon and me. Recognize that rock from somewhere? Behind us is the valley when Mufasa lost his life.)
Now, are you going to be a nerd and watch Tomb Raider II and Lion King to confirm...? Probably not.
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