Tour Timeline : July 1999

My first port of call in Africa and indeed on my entire world tour. I've heard the best and the worst stories about Kenya and so approach it with a certain mix of expectation and trepidation. I start in Nairobi and head north to the lakes Navaisha and Nakuru. Nakuru is suspected to have been the source of the Phoenix legend, the bird rising from the ashes. Its a soda lake and the Flamingoes are the only animals which can bear its extreme alkaninity. I'm not sure if we touch on the Rift Valley, where I've heard you can faint from sheer heat if you stop moving. One place I wish I wasn't missing is Mombasa on the coast - ah well maybe next time.