"Happy Birthday to Eowyn"
We woke up still on the campsite next to Marsabit NP. I (Niels) got out of my tent and walked over to Stanley who was looking into the bushes and asked him: "Anything interesting?" Stanley replied: "There's a Hyena!" While banging two pots together he continued: "He just walked past your tent!" The Spotted Hyena was just 10 meters from us and not afraid…
After the suspense we packed the car and drove into Marsabit for some provisions. At 8am the town is still asleep and filled with mist and cold. A surreal landscape unfolded as we descended from Marsabit back into the desert. A lunar landscape or something from a different planet. We headed further up North over the bumpy road to Turbi where we had a birthday lunch for Eowyn of rice, chipati and donkey/goat/camel meat? And then on to Moyale where we had to cross the border into Ethiopia. It was a 6 hour dirt road drive to get there. In Moyale customs and immigration took a surprisingly 1 hour only! We are in country number 2: Ethiopia! And how else could we celebrate Eowyn's Birthday and border crossing better then some really good Ethiopian food and a cold beer.