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The Fates are against us
... the road, swerving large trucks, cars and matataus whilst hanging on for dear life. My little oil bottle was filled and we took off at speed back to the car. After filling the car with the meagre amount it took some time to get it running again. Sweat pouring off me, I finally got things moving and carefully neutral-glided my way home to conserve petrol. Coming up to the bridge to Mtwapa, I made a desperate plea to the universe not to stop me in the one place I would ...
Coast trippin'
... good brew of coffee the other two tried their luck; Francis feeding the poker machines a few bob and Matthew happily turning 500Sh into 2000Sh. With word that the car was almost ready, we wandered back to the drop-off point and waited. After fuelling the car we had a brief detour to visit the vehicle lender who provided us with a working spare, observing some interesting construction methods being employed, then leapt on the south-bound road that ...
Four out of five ain't bad
... all African carnivores) before it scarpered off into the brush. We were let into the rhinoceros zone - though after its opening hours, the power of the shilling to grease the wheels was forever useful - and scraped the bottom of the car all the way down to a grassy plain. Very close to the road we were rewarded with the spectacular sight of the fortified pachyderm - a large White Rhinoceros (interesting name considering its black colour) took a look at the cars and ...
Hello Mr. President?
... collect some cash and suss out some notable buildings, and generally kill time walking off airplane cramps. Spying the centrepointish building from a previous excursion, we passed through security and headed up the red carpet and into the lobby of what is the Kenyata International Conference Centre. After paying our little tourist fee at reception we were greeted by an effervescent little guide who greeted us and led us to the elevator. The machine was a veritable rocket and had us ...
It can't be over
... painted red and peppered with the coca cola emblem. They all say burudika na Coke baridi, Enjoy Coke cold, in Swahili. There is a program in Kenya that people have differing opinions on. Coke sponsors wells and in return gets this kind of advertising along the roads in Kenya. The romantic in me is saddened by the changes to the tribal culture of Kenya but the realist realizes that change happens everywhere in the world. With change comes new ways ...



