Merry Christmas from Lake Turkana

This post is mainly to wish our families and friends a Merry Christmas and a Happy 2013.

All four of us feel very privileged to be able to do such a trip as we are doing.

We are well aware that there are a whole range of things being done in the background to make this trip easier for us, e.g. dealing with our admin, checking that the house is still standing, the pipes remain unfrozen, keeping Don up to date with the rugby and football scores and generally making the effort to stay in touch so a big 'Thank you!' to all of you out there who are there for us!

We have made it back to Lake Turkana and are once again captivated by it's rugged beauty. Yesterday we took a boat trip to the most southern point of the lake which can only be reached by boat and has at it's tip another extinct volcano crater. Ian and Don managed to climb to the top and took some stunning pictures overlooking the lake, Heather and myself managed to get halfway then had to slide down on our bottoms because the incline was too steep for us. 

The picture above shows an aerial view of Nabiyotum Crater in Lake Turkana - the world's largest desert lake (taken by a professional photographer). I included this picture to give you a feel of the sheer 'awsomeness' of this part of the world. The small triangular area on the top right of the picture is where our boat landed and where the picture of the three of us was taken on the next page.

View from the top of the crater

Looking into the crater

Ian on his way down with Don taking the picture

We are leaving here tomorrow to head to the west coast of the lake where we plan to spend Christmas day, but with the roads having been as they are we have no idea if we will make it or not and are prepared for a 'bush camp' Xmas. We have bought a ham in Nairobi, I have made the German potato salad already and also bought some candles.

And finally, I know you are all dying to know what happened to that Nile perch; the answer is not on this trip, perhaps another time...

Love Don and Gabi