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Ook als het niet goed gaat is het leuk (als je niet persè je vliegtuig moet halen ofzo)
Juist omdat we de hele nacht stil stonden (en lekker konden slapen dusn ik schrok opeens wakker van de stilte) reden we overdag door Tsavo zodat we tenminste iets konden zien.
Ook een bezoek aan de ‘‘cockpit’’ en uitstappen onderweg hebben we kunnen doen. Heerlijk.
Ik vond de bussen maar niks. (2x gedaan) kaars rechtop naast elkaar gepropt, in het donker of in de hitte…met al die andere kamikaze chauffeurs op de weg… brrr
Zo zie je, smaken verschillen, ben benieuwd naar je ervaringen !
Mijn meisjes zijn GEK op de trein, ze zijn 15, 14 en 10.
Additieve info
One of the greatest threats to travelers in Kenya is road safety. The information below concerning Kenya is provided for general reference only and may not be totally accurate in a particular location or circumstance.
In Kenya, one drives on the left side of the road, which can be very disorienting to those not accustomed to it. Excessive speed, unpredictable local driving habits and manners, poor vehicle maintenance, bumpy, potholed and unpaved roads, and the lack of basic safety equipment on many vehicles are daily hazards on Kenyan roads. When there is a heavy traffic jam, either due to rush hour or because of an accident, drivers will drive across the median strip and drive directly toward oncoming traffic.
There are often fatal accidents involving long-distance, inter-city buses, and/or local buses called “matatus.” Many U.S. citizens have been killed or seriously injured in motor vehicle-related accidents. **Inter-city night-time road travel should be avoided due to the poor road and street light conditions, and the threat of banditry throughout the country. **
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Yet Another Bus Hijacked on Nairobi Mombasa Road
Passengers on a TSS Express bus destined for Mombasa from Nairobi last night had a harrowing ordeal in the hands of at least 5 heavily armed gangsters who hijacked the bus at the Machakos junction.
The gangsters robbed passengers of cash and mobile phones before abandoning them stark naked in the bushes off the Nairobi Mombasa highway. The annual chilly weather usually experienced in June and July in the area has set in and this writer cringes to imagine being out there in the cold completely naked. Police were reluctant to release details but it is believed that some female passengers in the bus were also raped in the ordeal that lasted about 4 hours.
Interestingly buses destined for Mombasa from Nairobi are the ones that are much more frequently hijacked than those headed to Nairobi from Mombasa. Frequent travelers on the route told this writer that the reason is that people tend to carry a lot more cash going down to Mombasa for both leisure and business which is usually related to releasing goods from the Coastal port. However most tend to come back completely broke and short of cash after spending it all in Mombasa, which is popularly referred to as Mombasa Raha. This piece of information seems to be well known to the highway hijackers.
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Nairobi — Thirty-eight passengers travelling from Tanzania to Nairobi were on Wednesday robbed off their money and other valuables.
Gangsters posing as passengers attacked the bus from Mwanza near Nakuru Town.
Police said three smartly dressed men attacked the passengers at Mbaruku area, on the Nakuru-Nairobi highway in the early morning hours.
Area police boss Johnston Ipara said the gang had boarded the bus in Kericho Town.
He said the gangsters ordered the driver at gunpoint to drive towards Soysambu ranch where they robbed the passengers off Sh186,000, some Sh1.3 million in Tanzania currency and 16 mobile phones.
Police officers on patrol swung into action and arrested one suspect near Shiner Boys School just a few kilometres from the scene of attack.