• Along the wild shore

    January 24, 2021 in Kenya ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C

    The track slowly converges with the lake shore. Yellow grass on dark-grey sand creates nice contrasts! For the next 45 km this flat landscape literally drives me crazy because the whole flat section is cut with tiny, perpendicular water drainage channels which means that every 50-200 m I have to switch between 3rd or 2nd and 1st gear to cross a bumpy ditch. I thought to be alone here but finding a calm camping spot turns out to be difficult with many scattered nomadic settlements around. At least I will not have to bother about a diesel shortage because the further south I get the more used the track gets. Wind, flamingos, cattle. At 22:00 still 37 °C. A killer! Did I say that it is windy here?Read more