Leif,
thanks for the nice travel report!
On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:34:02 +0200, Petal and Leif wrote:
>Anyway, I stayed at Shalom Hotel a bit outside the city center. And it was
>safe and cheap. Only 25 Euro a night. And that was a quiet place, very very
>friendly staff, and a place I can recommend if you dont need fancy, and can
>stay outside the city center.
I'd like to have an address, like the name of the street or some
description of how to find it. Or a telephone number. Do you
still have such information?
>Had one big problem: We were two cars, and I was in
>the one behind. We got stuck in a mud hole, and lost contact with the first
>car. It took us a good while to get up, and when that was done, sun was
>going down and we got lost. It took us 3 hours to find those other ones,
>that had our tents!
Yes, one parameter to always keep in mind while driving is how
much extra time you have before sunset. I usually plan for at
least one hour extra buffer time and get nervous when that time
shrinks to below one hour.
It also helps to know in advance where you're going and use a
GPS. That, at least, is my experience.
>So it was SO good to see them again. It was difficult do drive around at
>night, not seing where one were.
Driving in Kenya at night is something to be avoided. In nature
reserves it is not allowed, everywhere else it is dangerous for
various reasons.
>People in Kenya were great people, and I
>have nothing bad to tell about them (in general). Very open, very caring,
>very gentle, very humble.
Yes, that is really true for most Kenyans and also for most
Ugandans. It is probably true for people in most countries. Big
trouble comes from a small minority.
How much time did you actually spend in Amboseli National Park?
Did you see elephants? (Actually it's difficult not to see
elephants in Amboseli. :-)
Hans-Georg
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