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Hi everyone,
Marsabit in the morning of Thursday 22nd
was really depressive with heavy clouds into town and drizzle.
Wondered if that was for the day.
Took off at 8 AM and an hour later going
downhill into very flat but rocky land I dove into the Sunshine and warmed up
lke a coldblooded animal.
For 250 km there seemed to be nothing
although when one looks well there is more than the eye can see.
STill everywhere are people and in this
cae I saw huts of nomads that wonder around with their camels, cattle , sheep
and goats. Such herds can be quite
numerous and they are often the rich
people.
The women wear golden shells in their
ears and have amber necklaces as well as silver armbands.
Wonder where they get their water from
since its as dry as St Nicholas a
.!
The riding was great, brandnew road and
not a soul to see. Saw one bus and 2 landcruisers passing by so
I enjoyed myself. Still when its quiet
like that one should never loose attention as always since animals can dive up
from behind rocks and potholes can always occur or oil on the road from an
accident. Yes, even on a deserted
straight road one sees vehicles turned over as if it was put there on purpose.
After that arid area till Isiolo It
became more like Kenia and it became more beautifull by the km.
I ended up right on the equator in
Nanyuki and drove another 6 km to a lodge that I had booked. Marvelous place with new lodges, fine
cuisine, cold beer, huge bed etc, so I enjoy myself after the
.holes in
Ethiopia nad Northern Kenia.
I am now here for the second day and it
just rained cats and dogs or more elephants and hippos. Heavy rain coming from Mount Kenia. Also yesterday It rained heavily.
I must realise that it becomes the heavy
rainy season and I will enter right in the middle of it in Uganda and Rwanda.
Seen the problems with the bike , the
possible bad roads in Uganda, the heavy rains everywhere I decided to-day not to make the detour to
Uganda and Rwanda but go straight to Tanzania via Nairobi, Arusha on to Dodoma,
Mbeya, Zambia.
To morrow I still go to Nakuru and Sunday
around Nairobi towards the border with Tanzania.
Will see how far I get since the rains
might come up and I do not want to ride in such heavy showers and on slippery
roads. Have all the time in the world.
My homegoing from Kigali is thus also
cancelled and I will see when I hit Lusaka and possibly fly home for 2 weeks
from there.
In that time rains start to disappear in
the Southern part and on return I will have no more of that till after the
winter in October , a time that I should have left SA either home or elsewhere.
Depends on the state of the bike , although it can be repaired in SA or I
buy another one and ship it out to the next continent that I want to explore.
Hope it all works out well and that the
bike will hold . I turn thumbs for that.
Till next talk.
All the best.
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