Kilifi, Wesa House

Another travelling day today. We returned to Nairobi leaving the beach house in late morning.
Our taxi bus picked us up in good time for some of us to get to Mombasa SGR terminus for 2pm. This time, rather than using the rugged main road south we travelled in land on a reasonable surface. We saw some more of the beautiful countryside as we moved along. Stewart, Esme, Emily, GGM, Jemima and Mary travelled on to the airport for flights back. Those of us travelling by train wanted to see a bit more of the country from ground level. The train journey passes through the Tsavo National park, where African wildlife is spotted next to the tracks.
The railway system was very modern with a nice air conditioned waiting area for the first class passengers at first floor level. The external temperature at Mombasa was very high and the sun intense, so we enjoyed a couple of cooling beers as we waited to board.
The train was thirteen carriages long and very comfortable. It left the station exactly on time.
The journey overland was most enjoyable. We travelled through the game park and saw elephants, giraffe, zebra, buffalo and various antelope on our way. The only disappointment was the railway restaurant which proved to be not great. K had a chicken sandwich which was sub BR standard. After sun down, which coincided with us passing Mt Kilimanjaro (in the distance) there was nothing to see in the darkness. The five hour journey proved to be about 1 hour too long, but we enjoyed it nonetheless.
The terminus at Nairobi was busy. 1500 people piled off the train to converge onto the taxi ranks and carparks. Moses was waiting for us with the motor, and after a little while we were on our way through the evening traffic. Absolute chaos at the station with people arriving for the return trip to Mombasa at the same time as we were leaving. Great funLes mer