Today, after the tough road to Marsabit, we took a day off to visit the National park with the craters. First in the morning Stanley and Niels went into town to get a new spare shock, the spare wheel mounting was broken and needed to be welded and we needed some food and water. After lunch it was time to change the right front shock for the new one we just bought. 3 hours later the job was done…
At 5pm Niels and Julia set off for the Paradise Crater in Marsabit NP being only 10.5 km from the gate and the park ranger would keep the gate open until seven. No signs of steep hills or bumpy road, it could not take more then 15 minutes… Around the first corner the smoothness of the road disappeared and steep rocky paths had to be conquered in low gear! 40 minutes later we were only 5.5 km into the park and we realized we were never going to make it to the crater and back before dark (6.30PM). I can still hear Julia saying: "There should be a sign '4 Wheel drive needed' at the gate" before we passed a taxi station wagon! Guess you don't need a 4x4…