THE NOT-SO-WILD WEST: A JOURNEY TOWARDS THE SUNSET
JULY 2024 TO TRAVEL IS TO LIVE ! MAP OF TASK AREA This week I travel to Western Kenya and Eastern Uganda. The task: A Feasibility Study for EAC. My tasks include the 3 border posts at Busia, Malaba and Lwakhakha (pronounced "Lwahaha") Its a weeklong exercise to a most beautiful part of Kenya and Uganda, peopled by some of the most hospitable and hard-working peoples of East Africa. AN EARLY MORNING FLIGHT Its 15th July and we board the very early Jambojet morning flight to Kisumu. Flight time: 6am. This means reporting time is 5am. Which means I have to leave home at the latest by 430am and this means I have to wake up at 330am I lose sleep at 3am. I remember to switch off the alarm I have set on my mobile 📱 . A quick shower. As silently as possible. I don't want to disturb the sleeping family. At JKIA, long queues await the opening of the check-in counters for Jambojet, the low cost airlines that dominates most local routes in Kenya. For the record, there is not