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Lake Turkana


Lake Turkana
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We reached to Lake Turkana with a team of wind power plant construction workers after stopping in South Horr for the night in a beautiful arid mountainous area. Next day we got our own free expedition straight into to the desert. The team needed to take some exempals of the soil for constructing a power line through the desert. And so the two 4WD turned a couple of times from the dust road to nowhere.
Lake Turkana is surrounded by volcanos and its environment is very dry. When we approached the Lake, there was literally nothing but volcanic stone fields with the wind blowing very strongly here.

Baragoi


Baragoi
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Still waiting for a car or truck to hitchhike at 1^47' N / 36^47'E. The marketplace of Baragoi is literally the end of the world. Nothing drives north from here. We hope we reach soon to Lake Turkana, after 24hours doing nothing, Baragoi gets not more interesting.
We would also hike the remaining 90 kilometers, if there weren't a tribal war over some cattle on the way to South Horr.
The river is dried out. The pastoralists really have to struggle with the drought. In Pokot, where we visited friends before, people saw last time rain last year July.

The local Samburu people are interesting. They wear A LOT of jewellery, but just one big sheet as clothing. The men carry also their little mobile chair and a stick, knife or gun to take of their goats or cows.

Northern Kenya


Northern Kenya
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In the desert in northern Kenya waiting for a car to hitchhike :wink:

Kabarnet II

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Western Kenya II

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Sunset in Shianda and sunrise in Kakamega (right lower corner)
Visiting Azina and her family after the operation. We took her to another hospital to check her condition. Unfortunately, it turned out she has now chronically bone cancer.
Little Christian :D Abraham named his first son after me :wink:
Lake Victoria...