The Travel Connection

Lioness and her cub The "spotted" land , a dream for every wild life enthusiast, become a reality thanks to my two friends! The gentle rolling grasslands interrupted by the lone acacia tree, marked by the shadow of the clouds and spots of t he scrubs stretches to an area of 37,3000 acres. what a pleasure it was to explore this nirvana. Budget travellers that we are, we drove into this heaven of a place. But the ride to paradise was hell. For political reason , the budget traveller has to endure an extremely 2 hour bumpy ride. One is most likely to find a mini van or a cruiser stranded with a puncture. But the amazing experience for us Indians was the camaraderie between the drivers irrespective of the tour operator. Help is offered immediately however little possible. Wish it was so across our country. As one approaches the resort that one will call home for next few hours or days as the case maybe, one can notice somethi...

Lake Naivasha Sopa Resort! This enchanted resort left us with some amazing memories so much so that it had to be mentioned before its neighboring " wild" residents. Set in 150 acres of grassland with acacia trees and shrubs, the lake side resort was an experience never to be forgotten. But let's look at  the reason we were there. Lake Naivasha is a fresh water lake, its name derived from the Maasai word Nai'posha meaning " Rough water". Covering an area of 34000 acres and with swamps surrounding the water, the lake is home to many species. But the resort beats it all! Getting back to the resort, imagine giraffes , Zebras , bush bucks. Not a big deal you say .What if they are residents of the grounds around the resort. Why not wake up in the morning to a  sight of a giraffe grazing outside your room. Is that a exciting enough or is being escorted by armed men more thrilling. Well, at the Sopa resort no one is allowed to venture out without armed escor...

A 90,000 acres wild life conservancy in central Kenya gave us a taste of what we were going to experience for the next few days in Kenya! Do you want to dine with a large group of impalas and common zebras? How about bush bucks grazing by your tent. And to top it, the likely big 5 sightings and the only place in kenya where one can see chimpanzees in a Sanctuary. Ol Pejeta and Sweet waters was all this and more. As with some holidays, this one started with a few glitches. Let's start with a 4 hour delayed departure. And follow it up with an argument with the Kenyan Airlines air hostess about chicken not being "vegetarian". Lo behold our highly recommended guide replaced with a cranky old man. And finally the Rickety Mini van and the traffic's  total  disregard of the google travel time managed to turn all our plans topsy-turvy. But What is a holiday without a little bit of drama? The first act of the drama had Mr Nanyuki showing us that the water drains out in ...