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Arrived back home in the Netherlands again, Sunday morning. Only one night in an airplane flying from Nairobi to London, and another hour to Brussels was enough to bring me back into what feels like the other world. So far, I still fit in here surprisingly well.
But it was weird to drive home; everybody in his/her own shiney, fancy and luxurious car. A speed of 120 km/h was easily reached on the perfectly gliding roads. No people walking along the road. And its green, wet and windy here, makes me feel like its fall already. Another thing; everything and everybody is so clean; the streets, the houses and their gardens, shops, the super market, the people plus clothes they wear. Everything. Clean and wealthy, that's what it is here.

Enjoyed drinking milk (drank milk only two times while I was in Africa, almost puked once), eating yoghurt, cheese and meat that's no chicken or goat. Enjoyed a real toilet, where there's toilet paper :) Enjoyed a bed at home, with fresh sheets, smelling better than anything else in the world.
And of course I am enjoying decent music with guitars, bass guitars and other essential stuff, most of the time I'm awake.

Anyway, although without my pictures I dont really want to 'talk' about the last part of our travels, I still feel like I have to tell you more about my last one and a half week.


We picked Leonie's boyfriend, Ruben, from the airport around seven in the morning Wednesday two weeks ago. All five of us left at six in the morning for a two-day safari to Masaï-Mara the next day, after another (I would almost say boring) day in Nairobi. If you're looking for some BAD roads, I know where to find them! Our minibus driver needed to use the whole road, and parts of the land left and right of the road to keep us moving for most of the time.
The landscape in (crowded) Masaï-Mara was gordious, with very long grass and beautiful colours. The big migration hadn't arrived yet and together with the tall grass, we drove around without seeing anything for quite some times. But there was still enough we spotted; many (!) elephants, 2 rhino, ostriches, topi, hartebeests, wildebeests, giraffes, lions, tomson and grants gazelle, vultures, eagles and zebras. Masaï-Mara is a reserve, and no National Park, so the Masaï were living around.
Arrived back in Nairobi on Friday, where we spend another free night in some beds of the safari bureau. The whole Saturday was spend travelling in a big bus from Nairobi to Mombasa. All other people in the bus thought we were crazy, taking the back seats voluntarily. But with our heads almost through the roof sometimes, we could at least sit all together. Had birthday cake for breakfast in a little park in Mombasa, place of little glue sniffers. The rest of the day we had a good look around in the second largest city(/town) of Kenya, with a rich history and still being one of the largest harbours along the East African coast. Visited Fort Jesus; very bloody and violent history.
Veerle, Bram and I travelled North, to Watamu, Monday morning, for some last cheap days filled with sun, the white beach, beautiful sealife and clear water. Visited Gede Ruins in the afternoon. Spend my next three days in and along the water, my only companion my diving glasses. Wow! Green anemone, red starfish, white sand, yellow/black fishes, sea cucumbers, black sea eagles and corals. Whieu, and the waves; now I understand why my mum was always scared when we enjoyed big waves. I was swirreled around as if I was nothing, weighed nothing. Mighty!
Back to Mombasa Thursday, and to the police station late at night. 'Quickly' picking up some police reports the next day (the guy still needed to start when we arrived in his office) and after worths it was back in the big bus again. Ten long hours to get back into the capital; bad roads, traffic, pole pole (no hurry). And than, early Saturday morning, we dropped the two boys at Nairobi Airport. The rest of the day was left for us, the three girls again (the way it's supposed to be :); some internet, some shopping, some walking around, some souvenirs and the very last Tusker...