Day 4: Nyahururu to Nakuru (transfer to Baringo) - 57 km

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This should have been a much more relaxing day compared to our first day of cycling. A shorter day with less hills. However as it turned out there were a few hills (I think they may have tried to down play the magnitude of the hills) and we got rained on rather a lot. 

Thompson Falls our starting point

The first 30km of the day was fantastic, brilliant scenery and good company. The last 30km was accompanied by torrential rain. It didn't stop and was monsoonal in its quality. When it first started I assumed it wouldn't last long, also assumed I wouldn't be able to get any wetter. I clearly could and did...as we arrived for lunch we all looked like drowned rats. Soaking and really cold (would you believe that you can go from 30c to freezing cold in a few hours). We sat shivering in our outdoor restaurant. Our team took pity on us and managed to get our bags down from the buses. We changed alfresco and I had to wring out my socks and cycling shorts - nice!

Styling the cycling look

We transferred by bus to Lake Baringo. There were a few misadventures with massive potholes and dirt track roads - but all the mishaps were made up for by the view over the lake. We went down to the lake to see crocodiles. Their tiny heads popped up out of the water. Really cool. 

Lake Baringo

Shoes drying out after a long rainy day!

Tmrw is the big hill day! We have a two and a half transfer by bus before we start...scary