The rhino was there, 3 meters in the front of our cars, immovable, observing us as a very normal and unimportant thing. And you will not believe, he practically posing for us: from the front, left side and back, too. Our digital cameras shot hundreds of photos, but he didn’t matter. A bird on his back seemed to be only been that he care about. The lake was full of flamingos, and they, with their beautiful pink color, and mirroring in the water, made a relay spectacular landscape. Together with flamingos, there were lot of other animals that drinking salt, lake water.
About fifteen years after this trip, I saw a documentary on television about climate change. There were more reports from various places around the world, but at some point they also showed Lake Nakuro. I turned up the volume to hear what they have to say. Unfortunately, even without the sound, looking only at the images it was clear that the place does not even resemble what I had seen. You could see a salty desert. The water there was always low and once it evaporated, without having recharge from the sky and from the tributary streams, a white background remained, covered by mineral salts. They explained that the amount of rainfall in that area over the past decade has more than halved and this has led to the area's desertification. No more water, no more beautiful flamingos and all those animals that lived in the area as they had a safe source of water. For the first time I've seen concrete evidence of climate change: who knows where our way of life is taking us.
We had lunch at a restaurants at Lake Nakuru Lodge, a beautiful place, full of flowers and with an amazing view. Albert, one of the participants, promised to himself to be back here for at least one week, to enjoy this amazing nature and animals. The place gave an interior peace to all of us, making us part of that world.
After the lunch time we proceeded with the same plane to Masai Mara. The flight was rather turbulence due to frequently loosing of the quote, and some tourists had problems with stomach, that is not very strange after good and abundant lunch that we had at Lake Nakuru Lodge.
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