We packed our luggage, souvenirs, and gifts to drive to the World Concern offices in Nairobi. We would tour the facility, meet staff members, and have an orientation meeting before leaving that afternoon for Narok. Fortunately, our souvenirs and gifts will be stored in the offices. They will be safe and sound and we will have a more comfortable trip to Narok.
Narok is a town that is a three-hour drive, west of Nairobi. The people of Narok are mostly Maasai and the population is around 35,000. It is and will be our last major town when traveling toward the Maasai Mara National Park. We hit traffic leaving Nairobi.
About sixty-minutes into our drive we are standing at the Great Rift Valley View Point. It is a spectacular view looking down into this seemingly endless, open valley. We are overlooking the Eastern or Gregory Rift that runs north and south from Tanzania through Kenya into Ethiopia. It is one of two rifts that run east and west of Lake Victoria. As we drive down into the vast openness of the valley our road becomes a succession of one pothole into another. The next ninety-minutes was quite the roller coaster of a drive.
This part of the valley has mostly small shrubs growing all along with a tree or two insight. We see some unnamed animals in the distance. It doesn’t matter, I’m in Kenya.
Tonight, we’re lodging at Africa Hope Centre. Nestled in the trees and gardens is the conference center and guest house. We’re the only ones here right now but you can tell this must be a popular place for conferences, weddings, and meetings. It’s a beautiful, peaceful location.
