Finally we were able to travel a bit on our own by matatus, frist to Naivasha and then to Westlands/Nairobi (shopping mall) were we were picked up by our friend. Some 120 km and 3 hours total. First matatu was supposed to go directly to Naiorobi, but of course we had to switch vans and wait in Naivasha.
Matatu stop in Naivasha
Luckily, both matatu drivers were good and patient, especially older driver for the ride from Naivasha to Nairobi. Traffic and driving on main highway was really tough and dangerous. First matatu was small and very crowded, the second had more space and took more or less as many passengers as there were seats. I (Joanna) happened to sit at the back next to recent collage graduate who studied biotechnology – and this was also my major! We chatted the whole way to Nairobi about biotechnology, research, industry, agriculture, healthcare, gardening, food and customs, I had great time. Piotr was not so lucky at the front with too good view of dangerous and hectic traffic. For the rest of the day and following day we were sleeping, washing and shopping, and relaxing (and Joanna was fighting a stomach bug) before next leg of our trip to Mt Kenya and Meru.
