Blog of our second trip to Kenya. I'm gunning for pics or dead animals and poverty contrasted against the luxury afforded to the first world people.
Monday, 2 April 2012
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.
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You seem to be having an interesting holiday.
ReplyDeleteIs it too early to ask what gifts you are bringing back for us all?
Might bring back some malaria, would that be ok? I jest. Or do I???
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