The road north of Malindi to Lamu is in bandit country. Occasionally buses are hijacked along the road and so it is necessary to bring an armed gaurd with you on the bus. Obviously you would prefer if the bus did not break down in this region but as usual with me that is exactly what happened! The road is dreadful - a four wheel drive would struggle on it - and on the way back to Mombasa we had a massive blowout on one of the rear tires.
Normally I do not worry about these things but as you get a bit older you realise how fragile life and the human condition actually is so on this occasion I was a bit worried. Then something wonderful happened....a group of beautifully dressed Masaai women came out from the nearby village to try and sell things like milk and chickens. It was a welcome distraction whilst the lads were fixing the bus!
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