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 we were being led - but we were not keen for rocks to be flung at us. The detour was actually a real bonus as we got to go through farming areas and I knelt up on the beach and waved at the locals and got to see an area of Kenya that was off the main road which is what you want to see when you are in Africa and or on any holiday for that matter.