back on the road...

Today my dad and I arrived in Nairobi in the pouring rain, and caught a cab to Jungle Junction. Max was already parked neatly for us where we could get in easily enough. Apart from being really dusty inside, and with absolutely no power remaining in the battery pack, everything looks ready!

My worst fear was that the rainy season would have come inside the truck and that we'd be met with mould and damp, but thankfully its just quite dirty! We've plugged him in to the mains, and filled up the water tank - but there's still no lights or power in the back after 3 hours of charging ... so hopefully hopefully the huge mega reliable batteries are just going to take a while to get some charge in them! Worst case is we'll be using torches for the rest of our holiday!

We were planning on leaving early tomorrow morning to head to Mombassa, but we will need to settle our bills here before we leave, so we're probably only going to get going mid morning - I also have to tie the kids bikes and the surfboard onto the roof still - I didn't feel like doing that in the pouring rain.

So the temporary fixes we need to do are: (1) get the lights working! (2) get the geyser fixed (3) get the cupboard doors strapped down.

Its going to be great when the power starts working again, and fantastic to get driving tomorrow.

Our plans are for a hard week of driving ( 3 200 kms) through Mombassa, Tanzania, and into Zambia to pick up my mom and my family at Vic Falls next Sunday, then we have 3 days of rest there with my parents, and then we'll mozy on down through Namibia and Botswana, and possibly Swaziland.