The Sleeping Warrior
The morning of March 7, 2020 had me stoked to the core! I decided to join a group of hikers on a long awaited trip to Nakuru - one of the richest Kenyan counties when talking tourist attraction sites including but not limited to national parks, lakes - both fresh & salty, presence of hundreds of bird species, pre-historic sites and the immense Menengai Crater, to name but a few. My body, in its entirety - soul & spirit, picks up an almost out-of-body vibe anytime I get a chance to do anything involving nature. I have a thing for trees and a cool breeze, give me that over anything - anyday! Here's how the day panned out. We left the capital an hour late and unfortunately got caught up in traffic just before we got to the Great Rift Valley viewpoint - to pay homage to the gods of the land; the one unspoken ritual travellers are known to perform on that spot just before proceeding to their destination. You cannot just drive past that place without feeling drawn towards th