Back in Nairobi

Well, that trip didn't go exactly as planned. The idea was to get up bright and early on the 10th and leave Kigali, Rwanda to drive all day long to overnight in Jinja, Uganda. We barely made it 1/3 of that distance due to a late start and a variety of delays enroute. The place we stayed was "Interesting". I can't say it was the worst place I ever overnighted in, but it's way down there on the old bell curve. Plan B on the 11th was to get as far as Eldoret in Kenya. Nope. We made it within 4 miles of the Uganda/Kenya border by about 5:30 PM, but our driver was tired and decided to stop there for the night. Three of us (Brett, Maryke and myself) decided to forge on to Eldoret by taxi and fly to Nairobi the next morning instead. We all had pressing business in the city and needed to get there by the 12th. It took awhile to scrounge up a taxi driver who would make the journey, so we didn't get on the road again until after 7:00, then we immediately hit a gridlock of trucks trying to cross the border so ti took us over an hour to make it about a mile. Fortunately, the immigration officers were twiddling their thumbs because of the blockage so there were no lines to get stamped out of Uganda and stamped back into Kenya. We didn't get to the guesthouse we were staying at in Eldoret until midnight, then we had an early rise to get to the airport in time for an 0835 flight to Nairobi. Upon arrival in Nairobi, we were met by Smiley, the world famous taxi driver from Karen Camp who efficiently (as possible in Nairobi traffic) got us each to our destinations. Tomorrow at 1700 is the orientation meeting for the next leg of the journey.