Eeek, I have made it to the halfway point of my 16 week tour. Arrived in Nairobi yesterday afternoon after doing a full truck clean at our last campsite. We had to empty the truck and effectively rid it of the dust from the Sudan desert and the northern Kenyan roads. With all hands on deck it was done in an hour, which was not nearly as painful as I feared it might be. The campsite in Nairobi (Karen's Camp) is in the posh area of Karen, but is still dire. Al...

Arrived in Lake Naivsha yesterday and I am camping in a campsite that is on the edge of the lake. At 6.30pm in the evening a fence about 10m from the water is electrified and we all wait in anticipation for the Hippo's to come out and feed. Despite two nights of Laura and I going for numerous wanders along the fence with our torches and giggling with excitment of seeing a Hippo we were not to be lucky this time. I guess we can't always have all the luck - but ...

We headed into town this morning to do a quick shop and for Ruth to apply for our Rwandan Visa's. As we pulled into town Ruth came running to the back of the truck yelling - 'get off the truck, get off the truck, NOW, OFF, OFF, OFF'. We all sensed something was wrong and jumped off the back and then we realised that one of our lockers was on fire. Nick and some helpful locals were there pulling out smoldering items which included Nick's work jeans and Oasi...

Day 3 in Kenya ranks as my highlight so far on the wildlife front. We had a full day safari to the Lake Nakuru Game Reserve. We got picked up at 5.45am and had two landcruisers which had big comfortable seats and the roof popped up about 60 cms so that you could stand in the back and look out the roof. This had the advantage of being able to take photos but also see into the distance due to the added height. We had a great day and got to see: · Hippos...

We were bumping along on our way to Uganda through Kenya today when the truck stopped. We all looked out to see what was up - was it a pee stop? Police check? Ruth came on to the truck to announce that there were student riots on the road ahead and that they were throwing rocks at cars and so the police definitely did not want us to go that way. Compromise, they would escort us around another road - no idea how long that would take or how far out of our way w...