Nakuru

There are very few attractions worthy of the name in Nairobi itself, so I went to Nakuru after spending 2 nights there. As the location of Nakuru National Park and Menengai crater, Nakuru lies just two-hours' drive to the northwest of Nairobi. The Nakuru National Park is famous for observing the flamingo while the Menengai crater is A major volcanic crater in the East African Rift.

Lake Nakuru, Nakuru National Park, Kenya

I tried to find a transport that goes for Nakuru in Nairobi, but all bus stations were closed. Finally I found a small Matatu(means minibus in Kenyan swahili) station in east Nairobi with big difficulties. It operated during the chaos. I sat on a Matatu, the minibus with 15 seats waited about another one hour longer to collect full carriage of passengers.

Menengai crater, Nakuru, Kenya

In Nakuru I saw some refugees there. They were sitting on trucks with their furnitures - moving home to a safer place, as they considered. My taxi driver in Nakuru told me that the house of his mother-in-law in Kitale was burned down by the mob. In this small city I met two chinese worker occasionally on a street near the Matatu station, they were from Uganda after the end of their work contract there.

Matatu class Lux (10 seats instead 15 as common ones),
Kenyatta lane, Nakuru, Kenya

David, my taxi driver in Nakuru,
a father of five children and a supporter of Kibaki,
whose mother-in-law's house was burned down,
Menengai crater, Nakuru, Kenya