"This is bad" but thank you Joab
We said our goodbyes, gave our hugs and off we go.....screech....hault...a 4 hour traffic jam due to mudslides and roads flooding. More so , due to the very unique style of driving here, cars come from everywhere to pass. There is no order, no control. 6 of us, including two children were stuck on the road in the Masai Mara for 4 hours. Still 2 hours from a real city. I will be honest, I was nervous. It was getting dark and the rule of thumb is you get off the roads at night in Kenya. We sat there for hours, worried about our flights, about our luggage, about our safety. None of the adults would admit to this until we all got to the airport. In the middle of trying to calm the kids with funny stories, Preston who is 10, said " This is Bad".Well, he was right. We could not deny it and the driver, who is Kenyan, agreed. Finally, thanks to a Kenyan bystander who told us we had no other choice but to go off road and try and drive through the Mara we would still be there. Ken,...