Today was simply a logistics and travel day … meeting up with a long time friend who flew in from Kiev … to travel together to Kitale. He is a global director for mission work, managing & successfully juggling multiple groups; one such which is based in Kitale. The original plan to drive (5+ hours) from Nairobi to Kitale was superseded by an afternoon turbo-prop flight to Eldoret and a short 80 km (43 mile) drive on the Eldoret – Kitale Highway .
This highway claims to have more potholes and cross road ditches per km than any highway in Kenya and after the 2 hour–15 minute ride, I can attest the claim is well justified. I felt as if our car were the ball on the old coffee table game of the balance board with a maze for the ball to navigate; rocking back and forth dodging the holes until we eventually fell in one. Then we’d downshift and start all over again. Especially interesting after sunset … not a lot of street/highway lights in western Kenya .
It was a great way however to see Kenya and her people, both at sunset making their way home from work, and after dark, spending their time with family & friends around road side fires keeping warm on a cool evening, and roasting freshly harvested ears of corn from this agricultural rich area of the country.
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