We woke up early with the best intentions of leaving town… Helen tentatively said good-bye since it was possible that something would come up and we'd just be staying at her house another night. But we managed. Heading out of Nairobi, grateful to be going the opposite direction from the rush hour traffic, we joined the Thika road going towards Mt. Kenya. An easy beautiful drive through Nyeri and Nanyuki we passed the equator and made a stop for lunch at the Kentrout Trout Farm. After lunch on to Isiolo and the end of the paved road. The 30km from Isiolo to Buffalo Springs/Samburu National Park gave us a taste of what the next 500km will be like… Slow going and dusty. We were able to break out the duck tape today to secure the steering column casing. We spent our first night officially camping and it finally feels like we are on the road.
