Kakamega-Nairobi-Nakuru-Kakamega

 Hey friends,

Railway of Nairobi

last week I went to Nairobi to pick up Sebastian from Jomo Kenyatta Airport. We spent some days to explore the city a little more. Besides the Uhuru Park, we saw the parliament, different colonial style buildings and the railway station.

Uhuru Park

Crowded junction

After some days in the busy city, we headed back to Kakamega and stopped in Nakuru. It is the fourth biggest city of Kenya and the capital of Rift Valley Region with 200.000 inhabitants. There, we met Vera, Susi and Markus. Together we went to see the Menengai Crater, which is 2490 metres high and its caliber adds up to impressive 12 kilometres! The view was beautiful and the wind was howling. One could imagine the dramatic battle between the two Masai clans Il Purko and Il Laikipiak, where hundreds of Il Laikipiak warriors were chased over the cliff and died. This incident created the name of the crater, because Menengai means place of corpses.

All of us at Menengai

Me at Menengai Crater

Cliff of the Crater

It took us 5 more hours by bus, to come back to Kakamega. But today we enjoyed the sun and now we are going back to work!

Cheers,
Frauke