A matatu is full when three or four passengers sit on each of the double seats, five on triple seats; three stand bent over the seated, two hang on the doors. Where there is still space, children are squeezed in. At that time, there were about twenty-five of us in a van registered for eight people.
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Taxi
drivers at Nairobi airport insisted we must ride with them because city buses
were far too dangerous and we would surely be robbed. Still, we took the risk anyway.
The bus
fare was more than twenty times cheaper, and there were no robbers in sight.
Allison, who flew in from London, joined us already in the waiting room at
Cairo airport. It was obvious to all three of us that we were neither
businessmen nor tourists. Backpackers
quickly find each other worldwide.
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He got lost several times before finding the right address, but the friend was not home. In the end, he could only turn around and go back. When he heard about my luxurious hotel, he turned a little green.
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By
evening, he wasn’t so sure it had been the best decision.
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The
first thing was our hostel. Which was part of a catholic school and seemed like
it used to be a missionary post. It was still run by nuns and they did a good
job. A nice clean and inexpensive place where we were some of the few
non-African guests. At breakfast we met a company of Rwandese women who were
very happy to be able to talk some French for a while…and they all seemed to
have some family in Brussels.
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“Don’t even think about walking back to the hotel after dusk even if it is only a 400m walk: take a taxi!!!”, “Watch out for pickpockets they are all over the place and don’t trust anyone on the street”. The whole ‘Nairobi thing’ all over again.
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For Caro it was her first safari and with the
exception of a rhino, she got to see almost all of the big animals around. A nice way to get started with our Africa
trip don’t you think.
our 3 days at Masai Mara and the selection has been a lot of work: over a
thousand pictures shot in only 3 days.
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be continued)
When we got to the spot, we noticed that the kill was still in the tree and had been partly eaten but the leopard itself was again not up there. But all of a sudden we noticed some movement in the bush under the tree… and yes there she was and she was absolutely gorgeous!
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