Tag: Mombasa

It was Sunday.  We were up by 7:00. Before that a couple times during the night while still dark I heard the call to prayer issued from the mosque.  As light emerged I went out onto the balcony. It was hot and humid. The city was quiet. Just a few cabs, and one or two…

At 6:05 AM it was getting brighter.  When the train slowed one could hear the birds. The shapes of elephants gave way to bushes, giraffes to trees. There were farms along the way. Growing corn. Hearing goats. People walking along paths to somewhere. They stop, they wait, they wave.  The train stopped in a place…

The 482 KM between Nairobi and Mombasa can be covered in about 50 minutes by plane. Our journey to Mombasa started with a drive to the Nairobi train station. Normally a 20 minute drive it turned into a 2 hour engagement with heavy traffic due to rain. There’s always an excuse for traffic; be it…