I have arrived!

I’ve arrived in Kenya. Nightfligt Amsterdam –Nairobi with lots of heavy luggage and continuing to Mombasa in a very old and worn down airplane to visit friends and acclimatise.

On Nairobi airport I heard somebody call my name from a crowd that was waiting for travellers in arrivals hall. To my surprise it was Alphonce, my sparring partner for the project in Dunga who happened to be picking up a group of guests for his organisation. We only had a short conversation before I proceeded checking in at domestics, but it made me feel at home immediately.

Flying over the east part of Kenya (Nairobi - Mombasa) the land appeared to be much greener than in Februari. John, the taxi driver in Mombasa told me that the drought and famine situation is under control now since it has been raining a lot lately. Thank god!

A week in Mombasa. Working in the morning and lunch with Charles and his brother. And in the afternoon; window shopping, masala thee on a nice terrace and maybe the beach. It’s relatively cold here (27 degrees) and rainy. After the exhausting heat wave in Amsterdam I do welcome that.

Ben Hekkema, project coordinator