Road Trip (Nairobi – Garissa)

Three hundred and thirty nine kilometers away from the hustle and bustle of the capital city of Kenya,traversing along one of the most harshest,’bandit” infested highways..under the scorching 35+ degrees of heat! Yes,35+ degrees if the number of times i’ve been forced to take shower is anything to go by.Anyway to cut the long story short,I’m in Garissa town for the next three days on my official capacity and i can tell you this place is quite good if you have a refrigerator that can generate ice!

It was a ride worth it considering the kind of ride we are being chauffeured in is a Toyota Landcruiser II which is designed to handle this kind of terrain.The journey began with a top up of gas at the caltex petrols station in westlands

A few rations for the journey just in case we don’t reach our destination.Note the 5litres of water considering our destination is not user friendly when it comes to Hydrogen and Oxygen combined.

Then we were ready to hit the road..we passed several market centers like Kambiti (which ma mother tongue means Hyena)

Jumped several huge bumps…I wonder why we don’t have such in the city….

passed several funny looking road signs… like this one reading end of one way which to me ended at the Thika turn off!

Arrived at Mwingi North town and we had to take 15minutes break to stress our legs

Then we hit the road again this time passing through several police checks which i later learnt that they aint too strict with vehicles headed to NEP but with vehicles coming from Garissa because of illegal immigrants from somalia..some of them were the Ukasi,Bangali and the Tana river Bridge. This points are manned by mean looking Administrative Police whose looks just scares the living daylights out of you

and while one needs a security escort along this route,the escort was holed up somewhere in a dingy joint

So we decided to ambush an escort from this Kenya Army truck by giving them a run for their berets!

Save for the few camels…..

and abandoned homes coz of the nomadic life this sides…

everything else was high and dry..

A little stop over made us get a puncture and mark you the tyres were blue in color!

10 minutes later i had booked ma self into Hiddig Hotel ( so far the best rates(700 ksh) n standards(self contained,dstv,air conditioner that u have to pay extra for)

And after a “cold shower” i settled down for a hearty meal of fried rice,meat,beans n gravy.

By the way,the meal is only Ksh. 70 only….

Thus day one is over and i have to hit the mattress,im damn tired..

Watch out for Garissa – Garsen edition…..