One of the local "Kuku" (chicken) grills - excellent BBQ chicken from a roadside shack. We had a sit down meal at a slightly more up market version the other night - and ended up eating by candlelight, because they were experiencing one of the regular power cuts you get here.

Civil war around Bunia in Eastern Congo, Al Shabab in Westgate in Nairobi and sectarian trouble in Mombasa. You could be excused for thinking that unrest was kicking off wherever we turned - but the reality is that in all these cases the problems have been simmering for years. This week is R&R in a lovely house in Watamu on the Kenyan coast (see picture), which belongs to Tim's sister/brother in law - whilst we finally (hopefully) get the Landrover docs orga...