Jambo Kenya!

Jambo is the Kenyan word for Hello...so Jambo everybody!
Have had a great day in Nairobi - looking around,drinking freshly squeezed mango juice, enjoying the hot and humid weather and generally just swanning about. Checked my email this morning,walked through Uhuru Park which is full of trees and massive in size. One of the people I spoke to in the park said it covered 50 acres. Not too sure how accurate he was but I tell you it's bloody big!!

I also went around the market stalls - how many wooden giraffes and Kenyan Kangas does one need? Having said that I was pleased that I had already been in Egypt, the land of persistent hassling by stall owners wanting you to buy their wares because when it came to say no to the Kenyan stall owners - it was easy. I got out of this huge market with only purchasing two Masai bracelets..that's good for me!!

Chris had a rest day yesterday in Yabello, southern Ethiopia and so he probably spent the day eating, cleaning his bike and maybe doing some washing. They race towards the Kenyan/Ethiopian border today from the desert camp in Yabello and will arrive in Moyale tomorrow. Moyale means the start of rubbish roads, the terrain changes to 'damn nasty roads, big rocks, potholes, lava' and in the words of Jack our race leader..'one of the toughest days in the entire tour will be in the next three days'. Ohh la la.......I'm sure there will be a few frustrating moments from some of the riders and maybe it will mean that the racers just ride. We'll have to wait and see.Personally, I can't see it happening..they're there to race. Eva will be able to just ride it but I doubt if the boys do.

I'm off to the Masai Mara area to do a safari in the morning and will be back Sunday to update the blog then off to Lamu. I hear California has rain...what's with that?
Hope you can all find your raincoats!!
Love ya