This leg ends in Nairobi

We had to be up at the ungodly hour of 4.30am for the drive over the border into Kenya and on to Nairobi! We felt absolutely shattered! Breakfast was at 5am, and we had to be packed up and on the road by 5.45am. At least we didn’t have to take a tent down!

It was still dark as we retraced our route to Arusha. Once there, we turned left towards the border and stopped for toilets and to buy food for lunch. We spent all our remaining Tanzanian shillings on crisps, drinks, nuts, biscuits, and beef samosas! We were going to be OK if we got delayed at the border!

Just before we reached the border, Luke performed a song he’d written especially for Juan and Orly’s engagement. It was pretty good!

There was a queue at the border, but it wasn’t too bad. We were all through within a couple of hours and on our way to Nairobi. We drove through bushland until we reached the outskirts of the city when suddenly there was heavy traffic and lots of activity.

We arrived at the drop off point at about 3.15pm. This is where we said our goodbyes and went our separate ways, promising to keep in touch. We may well see Jordan and Neil again. They live in Calgary and we have two days there on our Madventure tour next year!Read more