On to the Serengeti After our Beach Resort stop we made for the Tanzanian bo rder at Isebania. We made our way through horrendous traffic in the markets in Kisumu and continued down the eastern side of Lake Victoria. Obama's father came from this region of Kenya and there were posters everywhere of the new president. People we spoke to were all thrilled with his election and many seem to think that it will mean they will all gain automatic entry to the...

Across the Border Again Enough of the scary stuff at Jinja; time to move on again. We headed out towards the Ugandan/Kenyan border, this time to head south towards Tanzania. Thhis time we rossed at the border town of Busia. As usual, checking out was a shorter process than checking in, but our visas for Kenya were still current so the hassles were kept to a minimum. Back on the road, we knew we were in Kenya again: we had to drive on the wrong side ...

The Rift Valley Boxing Day was the end of the R and R and we headed out of Nairobi towards the west. The road took us through small villages and farms and along the way we enjoyed such sights as "Glorious Church with Rev Bob and Cecilia Kabubi", the "Pank View Centre (next o a park), the Machine Car Wash where cars were washed by hand, and the combined Hair Salon and Electronics Shop. We reached the top of the escarpment of the Great Rift Valle...

On the Way to Uganda We headed out from Lake Nakuru to Kembu Camp. This is part of a working farm which has been in the family since the early 1900s. Kembu means chameleon in Swahili, and Fred and I joined the children of the family and some guests for a chameleon hunt that night. They are very hard to spot - the older boy, the expert chameleon spotter, said that you look for something that looks like a dead leaf. They spotted several for us, but every tim...

Life on the Road While resting for a few days here in Nairobi , I thought some of you might be interested in how the trip is going day to day. This really is life on the road - all we own is packed in the back of the car. If it doesn't fit, it doesn't come. Shelter, clothes, food, spares for the car - it's all here with us. The Land Rover is the car we all have. Thiemo bought them all in London, had much of the servicing and fitting out done there and th...