Mara

After another early start we had a 4 hour drive to Keekorok hotel for two nights. Right inside the Mara with the animals. Baboons and hippos wandering around. At night they escorted you from the main building to your rooms just in case. There were no animals this time but I'm sure the guys knew how to use those spears... Safari was ok, not as good as last time so not as many pictures (some of you will be relieved), we did see a pride of lions with their buffalo kill ripping it to pieces, removing the head was a particularly nice scene. Lots of photos of that! Nearly got stuck in the mud twice, but the trusty land cruiser got us out after some vigorous forward reverse left, right action. The smell of a squeeling engine was nice. Maasai market yesterday which is a mans worst nightmare, we spent far too much money damn women. Today is army BBQ, hopefully the weather will hold, been overcast and raining recently.

To the Mara!

Another stupidly early start to head of to the Mara for safari. Damn Kenya for being so big.

Rain

Rain? This wasn't part of the plan! Now cooler as well, but it's a nice change from the seat put that was Mombasa.

Mombasa holiday in a holiday

So 5 days in Mombasa done. The holiday itself was great, lovely hotel, all inclusive, lovely beaches, snorkelling fun, playing in the sea, all good. Very very hot and humid though, air con in the room could have been better but that is our only complaint. And then 2 minutes out of the resort you are back in Kenya, and Mombasa is utterly mad, bonkers even. To get to our hotel we had to go to the south of Mombasa which meant using a ferry to cross 500 metres of water. That's it. How long does that take? About 60-90 minutes. Hello people of Kenya, BUILD A BRIDGE. There is only one road out of Mombasa, just one, so with it being one of the largest ports in Africa you would expect it to be decent? Oh no. Decent for a bit then rubble, then rubble mixed with Tarmac then no road at all. Thousands of lorries travel this road everyday taking goods to the rest of kenya, so why not make the road better? Or better yet, use the rail track the British put in. Many accidents on the trip. The best being the pretty fresh one we came across with bodies strewn over the road, the man in the middle with his insides smeared on the road was particularly nice. And for 30 minutes we could go nowhere, total gridlock with this scene in front of us. Spoilt the holiday mood somewhat. Others we saw were generally vehicles at the sides of here roads after crashes, an overturned lorry with it cabin entirely crushed, so much so the person must have still been squished inside. Kenyans simply cannot drive. Honestly I am coming to the conclusion that generally Kenyans are a bit dumb. I typed this on an iPad, so there will probably be mistakes. Tablets are toys, nothing more.

Holiday?

Up at 4:30! Some holiday this is! 7 hour drive ahead to Mombasa...

Tea time concert

When to see Alex in a 'tea time concert', which is a selection of the kids at her school playing instruments and singing. Some were awful some were OK, a couple very good. They didn't serve beer  :-(

Working

What the? Went into BATUK barracks today to pick up car for our trip to Mombasa, bit of a shed.  Then we had to sort money, post, shopping and have tea and toast. Felt like being in work with all the whining army folk!