Here's the view from right outside our hotel room:
A little hard to see, but they are out there:
There were already some tourists out there. We didn't stay long and before you knew it, Peter had climbed down from the dock and was walking along the "at your own risk beyond this point" shore while Theresa and I took a quick stroll around the property just to check things out before heading back to the lobby to arrange a bird watching walk with Joseph.
We had tea and coffee while waiting for our guide and then toured the property in search of birds and interesting plants to photograph.This place really has it all. There's a camel on the property for those who want to ride along the lake shore and there are also stables for those interested in traditional horseback riding.
The property is beautifully landscaped and you'll see bougainvilleas in every imaginable color.
There were even cute little monkeys running around everywhere (although we weren't thinking they were so cute when they were screaming just before dawn),
and lots of birds of course...
...even ducks that like to live way up high in the trees:
After a fantastic buffet breakfast complete with an omlette and crepe station, we loaded up our boxed lunches and hit the road for Nakura around 10am. We quickly discovered some issues with the rental car, so we stopped at a gas station and discovered what turned out to be a major issue: snapped fan belt which sheered off some bolts in the process along with overheating and either a broken or missing radiator cap!
Luckily there was a welder within walking distance (or pushing distance) of the service station. Unfortunately, there was a little hill big enough to require a small village of men to push the Prado up the driveway onto the road.
We were there (back and forth between the service station and the welders) from 10:30am until 4pm. It was amazing to find something open on a Sunday and equally amazing to see them fix the car without all of the usual gadgetry you find in the states at our shops.Theresa and I were having a great time, covertly snapping photos of everything including this family of four that stopped by the station to gas up.
We walked down to a hotel called the Sweet Banana to take a photo, but chickened out when we saw a man leering down at us from the upstairs patio. We passed one of those crazy butcher shops too, but again, no photos were snapped.
Back at the gas station, we found a little boy named Ben to play with. He and his mother were their waiting for Samuel, one of the mechanics who was working on our car.
Give a little kid some chips coupled with the fact that Theresa was probably the first white person he'd ever seen, and you've definitely made a friend for life.
Ben was ridiculously cute. We took lots of pictures and I got their address so I could mail them some prints. We were finally off to Nakura National Park!
Of course, we arrived much later than expected, and were nearly denied entry into the park. Peter always knows how to handle these situations. Before you knew it, the largest expanse of flamingos you could ever imagine appeared before us.
The sun was going down quickly, but we did get a chance to see a stunning rainbow, grazing animals, and even a rare white rhino!
From high above, we spotted this white rhino heading towards a watering hole.
Peter snapped this picture of Theresa and I. We are only a little bit exhausted...
Of course, only a crazy Kenyan would rush down the road to the valley below to get a close up of such a large wild animal...
At this point, we headed out of Nakuru and back to Nairobi. By this time, we were so used to the crazy drivers and arbitrary check points, nothing phased us. 
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