Up again this morning, taking my tent down on my own and then going to help Sue and Leanne with breakfast. We managed to eat and get packed up by 8am and then out of the game reserve by 9am, we saw a few hyenas and some elephants on the way out but not too much else in the way of big game.

This is the part of overlanding I love, the driving, and we did plenty of that today. We drove for a good six hours straight, past Narok and didn't stop until we were about 40km out of Nairobi. We still had the window tarps up and I could feel the wind in my hair, I smelt the fresh air and closed my eyes feeling my freedom. I zoned out listening to music for the entire six hours, feeling completely content with where I was and what I was doing. It's a wonderful feeling.

We stopped for lunch at a petrol station, so lunch ended up being chocolate and a coke. We then continued on over the Great Rift Valley, which we stopped at briefly to admire the amazing view, which seemed to go on forever and to take photos. We arrived into the Nairobi suburb of Karen and about 3pm, into the exact same camp I had stayed at with Dragoman. The same camp where I had slept in a shipping container out the back in the truck yard and the same camp where I had regaled the group with my kamikaze roll out of a Nairobi taxi story. I thought to myself, I wonder if other people reach a certain point in their lives and wonder, how did I manage to get back here again? I hated this camp when I was here with Dragoman and I elected to go and stay at Camp Karen with Siobhan, Rachel and David. Still, the echoes of past memories were everywhere and I was reminded not to expect this adventure to be anything like the last, or else I would be really disappointed.

Upon arrival at the camp, I got a text message from headquarters telling me I'm shipping out on the Eeyore truck with someone called George and a driver called Mugo to go south to Dar es Salaam…..and then who knows where. Kinda liking this existence of not knowing what the hell is going on.

I managed to have a shower and have a game of pool with our new friend from Botswana (which I only just lost). Leanne also gave me her spot in the dorm which was really nice of her, so I have an actual bed to sleep in tonight, I would have enjoyed the tent actually, as it has been pouring with rain. Adriana, one of our passengers left at 8pm, just after dinner and we had a sad goodbye. No matter how long I stay in this job, I don't think I'll ever get the hang of saying goodbye to people I actually like.