The first leg of our safari was to be Amboseli National Park. It's located south-east of Nairobi, on the border between Kenya and Tanzania. We would be driving from Nairobi to Amboseli on the Mombasa Road. Google calls Mombasa Road route A109. I have no idea if that's right, since Tom (our driver) knew exactly where he was going and just went....

The highway is NOT really good highway, by Canadian standards. But it's good enough.


The highway makes it's way through a huge number of small towns and villages along the way. Here's a shot of some buildings from one road-side town we went through...