December 18, 2012 Christine and Martin arrived unexpectedly. Suddenly, they were standing next to the car. We hadn’t expected them yet. We had only agreed to meet at Tiwi Beach and then continue our journey together. The days passed quickly, and we had a lot of fun with the two of them. We spent Christmas together. Martin tried to prepare a good Christmas menu. For this purpose, he ordered lobster from the fishermen. However, no one wanted to kill the lobster. Lobsters are thrown into hot water to be eaten. So Martin canceled the lobster order because we were all against it. As an alternative, we had pasta with sauce and a delicious dessert for dessert.
December 30, 2012 We learned that there would be a huge celebration in Tiwi Beach for New Year’s Eve. Up to 2500 people are expected at the campsite. It sounded like mega stress, so we decided to leave Tiwi Beach. After a stop in Mombasa to do some shopping at Nakumatt, we headed to Kilifi. There, we camped in the wild. We could stand there undisturbed and greatly enjoyed the wild nature.
December 31, 2012 We had to go shopping for New Year’s Eve, so we drove the 30 kilometers back to Kilifi to buy fillet from the butcher. We were planning to have fillet with fried potatoes. We spent New Year’s Eve on a hill in Kilifi with a view of the sea in a lodge. Alex prepared the fillet and fried potatoes, but the two of them didn’t want to eat. Christine went to bed as she had a headache, and Martin went with her. So we cooked the New Year’s Eve meal alone. When we started eating, Martin joined us after all because he was hungry, and he ate the New Year’s Eve meal with us. Soon, New Year’s Eve was over for us, and we all went to bed relatively early.
January 1, 2013 Later in the morning, we headed towards Malindi. On the way, we ran out of gas. We initially thought it was a carburetor problem, but it soon became apparent that we simply had too little gas in the tank. Martin and I went to the nearest gas station to get gasoline. Finally, we reached Malindi and camped by the sea.
January 2, 2012 The next morning, we moved to the Malindi Campsite, and Martin and Christine arrived in the evening.
January 5, 2012 Martin and Christine flew to Lamu for four days, and in the meantime, we looked after their dog, Momo. She enjoyed the evening barbecues with us; she is a well-behaved dog. Momo eats everything with us, which can’t be said for Kristin. She’s a bit picky when it comes to food.
January 10, 2012 In the morning, the mechanic came and installed a new gasket between the exhaust. Then we got a new tent because the old one had apparently been destroyed by the night guards while we were shopping. Priscilla felt very sorry about it. She is the owner of the camp. Meanwhile, Christine and Martin had returned from their trip to Lamu. We planned to continue our journey the next day.
A comprehensive overview for planning an overland journey can be found in Overlanding Kenya.