From Lodwar we moved up to Kakuma, which everyone said would be cooler than Lodwar… I wasn’t sure how that’s possible since we were going north towards Sudan, but we hoped for it anyway.
The journey up there was definitely an experience in itself…After breakfast we headed over to where the Matatu’s (A.K.A minivan’s) were waiting to take people up to Kakuma.
We paid our money and as we were loading ourseves into the car we realized that we weren’t going to get to each have a seat, oh no, the driver was going to fit as many asses in those seats as possible so he put all 4 of us across the back 3 seats…yes do the math…
Yes, I really was that sweaty
Once we were all cozy, the driver went to get gas, then back to where we had just been to pick up a lady, then drove somewhere else to get her luggage, then back to where we had started to argue with the owner of the van and 5 other men about money for 25 minutes…really? Like this couldn’t have been taken care of BEFORE we got into the Matatu!
Yep...
Our bags...notice the door isn't closed, but tied together with some rope
After everyone in the van yelled at the group outside, we finally took off. I put my iPod in and Ricky Young, Avett Brothers, and the Raconteurs provided the perfect soundtrack for the journey...Beautiful really...
After about 2 hours we reached the Kakuma Guesthouse...
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