In The Mood for Travel: September 2014

We all love staycations, it reminds you of the beauty that surrounds you at home. I do need to save up to be able to go on super cool vacays, so for now I am perfecting my love for staycations. I love it when you meet up with friends and do something different and exciting.

I want to be away every weekend J

This past weekend we opted for a day at the waterfalls. I am one of those lucky people who live at the perfect place. The Tigoni Waterfalls are 15 minutes away from my home. These natural waterfalls were discovered in 1969 and have remained pretty hush hush.

We all met at my place and had brunch. Talking of brunch , I love love to entertain my friends with gourmet delicacies and amazing sangria. This time I discovered a strawberry farm next to me home and so this day was Strawberry filled. I am talking of strawberry daiquiris, strawberry tarts and strawberry parfaits etc.

We packed up all our brunch stuff and did the small drive to the waterfalls. The look on my friends faces upon the scenery at the parking lot was divine; rows and rows of tea with Nairobi far in the horizon. We did spend a few minutes just enjoying this view that most people who live in the city never get to see so much green J

After a few minutes we started to descend to the falls. The landscape is beautiful; the leaves have fallen and are still crisp on the ground and the indigenous trees giving a good chill for a hot day and the green peeping in between it all.As we walked we finally had the crashing waters and knew the waterfalls were close. The waterfalls are small but extremely beautiful. J

We set up our chill out site with our colorful Maasai blankets, and pop the wine and the afternoon just became perfect. It was all chatter with the waterfall in the background.

All of this reminded me why I love living in Tigoni and having amazeball friends.

There something that just adds to my perfection. Yoga poses and Shisha must be high up in the list. Having my hookah and laced cookies in the nature was magical. J

I look forward to more staycations.. Next will be horse back riding.. More on that soon.

Namaste

Happy Staycations

- Lea-

I love Festivals!!!
The idea of music lovers, art lovers, outdoor lovers, young at heart, party lovers and all those who know how to live it up coming together for a couple of days to get soaked in sun, music, art and fun is Amazeballs.

The Rift Valley Festival is all about celebrating the rich culture of Kenyan through art, music, color, energy and tradition. It brings together globally sourced bands, musicians and DJs that make Lake Naivasha come alive to the sound of diverse music styles and genres and create the greatest party in East Africa each year. This year been the 5th year it always get better in its own way

I really look forward to every last weekend of August for this festival. This year I had great company; Cecilia and Andrew who were handling the Acro-yoga workshops and redefined chilling and Kez who will keep you happy and dancing all weekend. We opted for the full 3 day option and had a leisurely drive on Friday afternoons through the Rift Valley escarpment with stops for selfies and some yoga poses at the view point.

Upon getting to the Festival venue at Fisherman's Camp and setting up our "home" for the weekend, it was right on to getting the festival mood on. This was a perfect combination of drinks, hookah, yoga and chilling and anything/ everything else in between. (smile)

Its time to stretch

My fave yogi's

I loved to fly

One of my most exciting bits of festivals is accessorizing and dressing up for it. With the sun finally out, flower crowns and head bands for daytime and glow in the dark glasses and bunny ears for nights were my go to pieces. The festival vibe could be felt all around with people with body paints, DIY flower crowns, head gears, great locks. It was a time for everyone to bring out their party fashion poison.

Flower crowns and smiles - good combo

The signature smile :)

When it came down to what brought us all together the music was incredible with different bands, DJ's, international and local artists and up coming local musicians . The bringing together of traditional, contemporary and modern music brought an extraordinary effect to the ravers. Besides the numerous power cuts and prolonged testings of sound which is very typical it was everything you would imagine and would want plus much more .. TIA we love love it :)

Getting the night started with my boho sister

African acrobats

The moment it just got real :)

The new addition they had this year was the UP Box. It was a cool concept of a 10 minutes mini club where if you were in there you better be dancing like crazy and then leave. I definitely enjoyed a few stops through the night there with DJ Nzech spinning.

The UP BOX - 10 min club

The other fabulous thing about the RVF festival is the perfect location of Fisherman's Camp,Naivasha. Being right on the lake side with opportunities of taking a boat cruise, sun bathing or even waterboarding makes your days fun filled with beautiful nature. This time we opted for Acro-yoga workshop, a short stroll around Naivasha, and perfecting my greatest joy of La Dolce Far Niente.