I’ve arrived in Kenya since a week now, and my feelings are mixed. Despite the great joy when I got to see these endless arid landscapes so precious to my heart, something’s missing. Something I’ll probably never be able to explain properly. Something most will blame me for not being able to see it.
For sure, Uganda has been way too intense and my body and my brain are literally drained -which can maybe distort perceptions and emotions.
But still, something’s definitely missing right now. And I actually feel unfair and lonely. Most of the travelers I met so far -or even people I knew from before the Africa expe- are madly seduced by Kenya (and Tanzania). So maybe something’s wrong with me after all?
Why am I already feeling this way? I don’t know, but let’s give Kenya a chance…even if first impressions are hard to change.
Something is also not really helping in the process: Kenya is insanely expensive and thus offers massive confusions and frustrations when overlanding across its Maasai lands.
Last but not least, such an adventure is made for the heart: better not to control its feelings too much but to assume them all. We’re all different, with different expectations and visions, and it makes it even clearer here, in Africa.
I knew where my heart would feel Home even before starting the adventure. This special bond I have with Botswana and Namibia will always remain unexplainable and this big crush for Zambia, unforgettable. But I still have so much doubts about Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique… many are so attracted by the ‘dream’ coast for instance (Zanzibar and else) -which had never attracted me, at all.
Let’s see in a few weeks if I manage to change my mind.
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