Pack and go

Tuesday July 2nd. Our last day. We fly tonight so we get the bikes out for their last outing round to the packing area. It is very hot so with plenteous sweat we get the bikes dismantled and lashed onto their pallets. We feel we have packed them better than the way out. The lids go on and within an hour or so all is done.

Done and dusted

The Mombasa traffic is very bad as we travel out so we get back to the hotel for showers and final packing as well as the purchase of delicious vegetable bahji's from the little shop down the road to make sure we dont starve on our journey home (as if!).  These turn out to be the culinary highlight of the trip home as we wait at Nairobi for our connecting flight.

Crates have held up well for the return trip

The flight home is uneventful and we get seats with max leg room which is a huge bonus!

This has been one truly fantastic adventure and whilst we are glad to be home and - let's face it - in the company of other people at last, we take with us a once in a lifetime experience of an incredible continent. We will ad bonus pics and footage in the coming days so be sure to check back for that. Now we have more bandwidth we can add more stuff!

Thanks for accompanying us on this epic journey. 

"I think our work is done!"

We got the bus and train home!

Spicing things up

OK so we are fast coming to the end of this amazing trip. We took a 'tuck-tuck' down to the spice market in Mombasa. It is supposed to be a colourful place and good for buying up a variety of spices. Colourful it certainly was but the hassle from everyone wanting us to spend money with them rather spoiled things. We got into the spirit of it though and toughed it out with the various stall holders.

One of the few who did not hassle us

Spices turned out to be quite pricey so no purchases were made after all which did not endear us to anyone! But we did get the full treatment as you can see from the video where Paul is learning all about the Cumin!

All the colours in all the sizes!

We did work up a bit of an appetite though so the quest for street food to vomit by continued! We took a back street tour of the market and bought some samosas that had been beautifully stirred in boiling oil with a stick. They were absolutely delicious and by far the best samosas either of us had aver had. That was fun and a great experience to meet with the locals as they cooked up all manner of food stuffs.

Mombasa food market

Tuck-tuck fun!

Tomorrow is pack up time and flying home. We meet Peter to pack-up the bikes first thing in the morning (Tuesday).