Hell's Gate!

Dear Kenya, 

The group and I took a trip to Hell’s Gate. We got into our van early in the morning and off we went. It was raining the night before and drizzling early morning. We were worried that we would not be able to hike the gorge. By the time we got there, the rain had stopped, yet it was still cloudy.

            We arrived, paid, and off we were! We saw zebras, gazelles and some water buffalos. The scenery was beautiful, everything was green and mountainous. We arrived at a rock where people would be able to climb. Now I have no experience rock climbing, so I was not confident I could do it. After a little persuasion I strapped up and off I went! It was hard, 100 times harder than those plastic rock climbing walls people see at the mall or carnivals. This is real life rocks! It was very fun, scary, and challenging. Coming down was tricky. We had to lean back and bounce off the walls….that was terrifying. In any case, I made it up, I made it down and was satisfied with the decision to climb. We then loaded into the van and off to the gorge we went!

            The gorge was beautiful. Flawless rocks shaped to perfection. It was a fun hike, nothing to strenuous However, there were some parts where we struggled. There was rope climbing, large jumps down from the rocks, plus everything was a bit slippery. But it was all safe and fun! We entered a place called the devils bedroom, which is where the scene where Mufasa died in the Lion King was taken. Pretty cool right? The hike took a couple of hours. We got back to where the van was parked and saw some monkeys! Someone in our group was carrying a banana in her hand and the monkey saw and, ran up to her and tried to take it from her. We screamed her name and she quickly moved away. We all agreed, it was the most monkey like thing we could have seen.

We got back to the van and drove back. On the way out we saw some more animals up close! We then headed back to our apartments just in time for dinner and packing! The next day Allie and I were to start our travels to Sihay for our internship. That’s the next blog so keep reading!

Love,

Angie