Road to Amboseli

After talking to a local taxi driver, we decided to travel from Nakuru to Nairobi in a Matatu. Matatu's are the main mode of transport in Kenya. They are all (as far as I observed) Toyota Hiace mini buses with 9 passenger seats. You find them at various places. They travel a defined route, and they go when they are full. For a tourist, the questions are: Where do I find the right one? Maybe the bus station, maybe not. Where do I get a ticket? ( Cost is not a serious question as the rides are far cheaper than anything else. Our cost for 6 Nakuru to Nairobi is $28. Tourist taxis quoted $150-$300 !). The questions were answered by the taxi driver who took us from our self-catering. The Nairobi bus does not leave from the bus station , but it is close by. Tickets at the ticket office, of course 😀.

We have the back 6 seats. We wait 20 mins till the bus fills up with a young woman, a middle-aged woman, and a cool dude. A blast of music from the speakers tells us we are off . To our surprise, at least on this main route, the bus was in good shape, comfortable, and pleasant. Highly recommended, not joking!

For the 2nd part, we had hired a "Noah", that us an 8 seater Toyota that I have not seen in Europe, but us ideal for 6 of us and 6 bags. This taxi was needed because Matatus didn't go near Amboseli Park or Madi Mari for that matter.

En route, I gave the children a lesson to follow up on colonialism with the path to decolonisation. They loved it. Nora even said best history lesson ever. It's much better than school.

After that they wanted more, so I gave them "10 types of corruption ". They were again super interested and demanded I define more types. In the days that followed, they were on the lookout for corruption, and it did not take long for them to find it.Read more