After our Hell's Gate bike and hike adventure, we stayed in a banda at Carnelly's campground for the night, anticipating a long hike up Mount Longonot the following morning. Alas, our hike had to wait for another day because poor Rebecca ended up quite sick throughout the night. Our stay at Carnelly's was further enhanced by droves of mosquitoes (recent rains seem to have had a positive effect on the breeding rates of mosquitoes on the lake) and the appearance of several large, black spiders in the banda once it got dark. We all hunkered in our mosquito nets and hit the trail back to Nairobi after breakfast, vowing to come back to hike Longonot before the holidays end. On the upside, we were treated to some nice bird sightings: some hybrid lovebirds and a lilac-breasted roller were particularly nice.
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