High on Charisse’s bucket list was riding in a hot air balloon. So we awakened early this morning to meet our driver from Balloon Safari. We loaded into the van where we met our two traveling companions, a mother- daughter duo from the UK. I’ve ridden in a hot air balloon before but this was a different experience. We loaded into the balloon horizontally with the basket lying on the ground. The Mara is beautiful from the air. We saw an exquisite sunrise and many of the same animals that we had seen on our safari. The surprise of the day: sighting two mating hyenas. After the balloon ride was over, we were treated to a champagne breakfast in the savanna. Grazing wildebeests served as our backdrop for a remarkable morning.
We met up with Sam and Rony at the entrance to the Masai Mara National Reserve to begin our six hour journey back to Nairobi. We checked back into the Radisson Park Inn, but only for a brief few hours, as we had to catch an overnight flight to Istanbul for part two of our journey.
Phrase of the day: mungu alinipata- “God has got me” - the phrase we’ve used all during our trip whenever something gets stressful or doesn’t go to plan.
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