{"id":2605,"date":"2024-11-30T06:00:42","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T06:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/?p=2605"},"modified":"2025-01-21T12:35:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T12:35:07","slug":"a-few-days-home-in-majaoni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/?p=2605","title":{"rendered":"A few days &#8220;home&#8221; in Majaoni"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Monday-Friday 25-29\/11\/2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bus ride down to Mombasa was uneventful until we reached Mariakani and the driver tried to pass a queue on the grass which turned out to be slippery mud. For an hour people tried to get the tyres to grip, until eventually an articulated truck was persuaded to drag us free!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1920\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1080 \/ 1920;\" width=\"1080\" controls src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Trailer-rescues-bus-Mariakani.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So we arrived late in Mombasa, and took an Uber home (as expensive as the bus fare!) where I caught up with Maggy and Susan and various other friends \/ family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Susan and I took a walk to the point above the creek where for years there&#8217;s been a part-finished bar. But the project has been resumed and the place is looking smart, almost ready to open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241125_160144891_HDR-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241125_160144891_HDR-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241125_160144891_HDR-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241125_160144891_HDR-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241125_160144891_HDR-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241125_160144891_HDR-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241125_160144891_HDR-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241127_070455207-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241127_070455207-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241127_070455207-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241127_070455207-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241127_070455207-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241127_070455207-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241127_070455207-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Susan got me to help her with the jigsaw puzzles I brought here &#8211; her first (even Maggy&#8217;s never done one)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241126_121751121_HDR-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241126_121751121_HDR-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241126_121751121_HDR-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241126_121751121_HDR-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241126_121751121_HDR-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241126_121751121_HDR-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241126_121751121_HDR-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We had a chapati party with mama Cheruto<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241126_154929199-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241126_154929199-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241126_154929199-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241126_154929199-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241126_154929199-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241126_154929199-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241126_154929199-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241126_175028205-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241126_175028205-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241126_175028205-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241126_175028205-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241126_175028205-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241126_175028205-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241126_175028205-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There&#8217;s a project to make fish tanks along the creek, so they&#8217;ve been improving the road. Many of the roads are wider and smoother, but some are just a work in progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241127_065304420-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241127_065304420-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241127_065304420-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241127_065304420-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241127_065304420-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241127_065304420-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241127_065304420-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241129_064756349_HDR-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241129_064756349_HDR-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241129_064756349_HDR-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241129_064756349_HDR-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241129_064756349_HDR-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241129_064756349_HDR-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241129_064756349_HDR-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another work in progress, John and Beryl have been beautifying the compound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241129_092630524-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241129_092630524-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241129_092630524-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241129_092630524-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241129_092630524-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241129_092630524-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241129_092630524-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beryl&#8217;s little garden within the compound &#8211; she&#8217;s the mastermind!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241128_130916099_HDR-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241128_130916099_HDR-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241128_130916099_HDR-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241128_130916099_HDR-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241128_130916099_HDR-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241128_130916099_HDR-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241128_130916099_HDR-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The kids (and their mums) love chicken and chips &#8211; this at Wendy&#8217;s above the creek. Here we met the local chief, who took a beer with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241127_160451650_HDR-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241127_160451650_HDR-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241127_160451650_HDR-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241127_160451650_HDR-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241127_160451650_HDR-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241127_160451650_HDR-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241127_160451650_HDR-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An outing to Chalet&#8217;s Beach. Someone though it was a good idea to leave me in charge of the children in the water<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241128_164013407-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241128_164013407-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241128_164013407-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241128_164013407-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241128_164013407-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241128_164013407-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241128_164013407-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The girls enjoyed a camel ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241128_172718822-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241128_172718822-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241128_172718822-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241128_172718822-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241128_172718822-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241128_172718822-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_20241128_172718822-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All too soon it was time to travel to Malindi for our next instalment. I chose to go by 8-seater matatu, but it broke down halfway at Kilifi and we had to squeeze into another vehicle, arriving after dark despite my best efforts. But the welcome was warm and the trials of the day soon forgotten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday-Friday 25-29\/11\/2024 The bus ride down to Mombasa was uneventful until we reached Mariakani and the driver tried to pass a queue on the grass which turned out to be slippery mud. For an hour people tried to get the tyres to grip, until eventually an articulated truck was persuaded to drag us free! So&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/?p=2605\">Continue Reading A few days &#8220;home&#8221; in Majaoni<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","radius"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43dbc-G1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2605"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2621,"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605\/revisions\/2621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.asimons.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}