We ( 😀 ) were a bit late with buying bus tickets to go to the coast so all the VIP seats were sold out already, so we booked normal ones. And then VIP ones for the way back, on the most expensive bus, as it was the only one still available.
The bus looked better than expected, but it had neither a toilet nor AC, and definitely not enough legroom. Also, it seems everybody except me found it cold, so I wasn’t allowed to open the window much. The road got worse and worse and it was a really bumpy ride. During this night, I saw 3 trucks that had fallen over and were now lying somewhere on or next to the road! Checking google maps in the morning, we found out that we’d pass by near Watamu, so we asked to get off there already.
Later that day, we learnt that there had been a bus accident somewhere else in Kenya, with more than 30 people dead, and now night travel was banned all over the country. Luckily we had a few days for them to organize everything before we tried to get back 😉
We spent the next days mostly at the beach, day and night, and went to Gede one day, to see the ruins there. On the way, our Tuktuk driver said we should buy bananas to feed the monkeys there! So we did. And we managed to find a monkey that would actually jump on one’s shoulder and stay there while eating its banana 🙂
For the way back, the bus did not depart in the evening of the 3rd, but in the morning of the 4th. And not even on time, but more than an hour late. Great. The VIP seats were much nicer, the bus had working AC (now the only question is, if that’s connected to the price of the ticket, or if it’s just luck if it works or not), and the front of the bus was really much less bumpy, and this time I saw only one accident.