Tuesday, July 2 and Wednesday, July 3
We left early – 6:45 AM – to make our way to Karuga. It means “he jumps.” It used to be close to Thompson Falls. The falls are still there but they’ve been renamed with a Swahili name. The event was supposed to begin at 11. It took us till 11:15 to get there. We stopped only once – a quick potty stop. The crazy thing is it’s only about 150 miles. It Texas, we’d cover than in just over two hours. But they have no interstate system and they have no means to build one now. There are speed HUMPS not bumps, in every community to slow traffic. Everytime traffic slows, here come the hawkers. Water, fruit, chipatie (Kenyan tortillas), cookies, potato chips, SHOES – I’ve seen it all being hawked by the roadside with people running up to your window with them. Esp if they see a white face. I’ve never been ashamed of being white – it’s how God made me after all – but it’s no asset ...
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