| Christmas well spent adventuring the picks of Mount | | | | to sell what they grow as a way of supplementing |
| Kenya and a great view of the country Kenya. I did | | | | their income ,as we stopped for a while at a place |
| a five days tour of Mount kenya just about two | | | | known as Kiangwachi ,Ngwachi refereed to as sweet |
| days before x-mass. | | | | potatoes, i could not believe the no of women |
| I left Nairobi for Nanyuki to start of my adventure | | | | mostly though a few young men were present |
| trip,on an early and beautiful day sunny and clear sky. | | | | approached our bus with all kinds of fresh |
| I was in one of Kenya's travel mini bus refereed to | | | | fruits,vegetables some i had never seen in my life |
| us the Matt 'MATATU' which i boarded from the | | | | and my friend guide bought a few assorted fruits |
| Accra street in down town Nairobi at the junction of | | | | that we ate on our way up they were indeed very |
| River road and Accra road ,it was at around 8:00 in | | | | sweet and cheap too. |
| the morning and streets were busy so does the bus | | | | We drove up as we ascended a small town known |
| stop as lots of people were traveling up country to | | | | as Karatina which has one of the biggest open air |
| cerebrate x-mass with their families . | | | | market our driver drove by it and i saw it for myself |
| I was lucky that a friend and a guide from the | | | | and is indeed a big market with all sorts of food |
| African home adventure tours and safaris ,had | | | | items and very busy indeed i think it was a market |
| arranged to have me book a trip with them and was | | | | day though i did not ask. |
| SO well organized. | | | | We proceeded on to wards nyeri town,which is in |
| I talked to a tall guy from the airport refereed to as | | | | Nyeri district a very green area beautiful |
| ''One people'' Alberto a very friendly and serious guy | | | | trees,coffee,tea and other crops huge cabbages that |
| he recommended that i take a tour of the mountain | | | | i have never seen all my life Nyeri produces quite allot |
| as a first time traveler in an African country ,an idea i | | | | to the country economy as in agriculture. |
| did not object to knowing very well that as a | | | | An hour later i was alighting my bus at a town called |
| Kenyan he would actually recommend something of | | | | Nanyuki where i was to start off with my tour.i was |
| intrest and fun to a point that it would never fade | | | | booked in a hotel in the town centre,very clean and |
| my memory. | | | | cheap nice food and good people .its here that i |
| As we took off from the Nairobi busy area that i | | | | meet a group of travelers also from the top of the |
| was really scared of being the only white man,i was | | | | mountain and heading north of Nanyuki to isiolo on to |
| not sure of my safety but my guide kept on | | | | the Samburu park. |
| assuring me that all is well and no cause for alarm i | | | | I had a brief chat with the travelers and they |
| trusted him and gained the confidence to get going. | | | | assured me of the wonders of the mountain. |
| Some few minutes after half eight in the morning we | | | | I decided to relax in the late hours of the afternoon |
| were in the outskirts of the city heading to Thika | | | | and had dinner at six thirty in the evening we went |
| where lots of pineapples are grown by an American | | | | out with some friends of my guide for drinks and |
| firm delmonte a very vast land and beautiful looking i | | | | disco at a nearby pub it was great .later on we |
| could not believe its Africa as all my life i thought | | | | retired to bed ready for the next morning. |
| Africa was all jungle but here i am SO green fresh air | | | | I was up early the next morning due to excitement |
| the feel was incredible to me. As we descended the | | | | and we checked out of our hotel room after |
| very central part of Kenya ,and viewing the mountain | | | | breakfast and took of to the base of mt Kenya we |
| from a distance some where at a district called | | | | arrived there at around ten thirty and started with |
| Muranga'MAKUYU' the view of the mountain was SO | | | | our trip up it was Little cold but later was warm we |
| gorgeous that i could not believe the feel and view | | | | went all the way to makinders camp for an overnight |
| with the beautiful jacaranda trees,coffee | | | | ,we had dinner and slept in the bundas next morning |
| trees,vegetables and fresh fruits sold by the road | | | | was up and proceeded up i had my binoculars with |
| side . | | | | me and camera took pictures all the way as i viewed |
| Its when i realized that the central part of Kenya as | | | | the country from the to of the mountain at |
| refereed to for agriculture,i saw the reality of serious | | | | Christmas eve i really felt great and most thankful to |
| farmers and pulling out their yields by the road side | | | | my guide Mwangi. |