Mount Kenya

Mount Kenya has extremely special importance to the Kikuyu people of Kenya.  Jomo Kenyetta’s book Facing Mount Kenya documents the customs and history of the largest tribe in Kenya.  ‘Kere-Nyaga’, ‘Mount Kenya’ which means: that which posses brightness, or mountain of brightness explains that their God, Ngai, lives in the sky but has temporary homes on earth, situated on mountains.  Described as a Ngai’s official resting place, this majestic and mysterious peak certainly looked the part this morning as the sun burnt off the moisture for a few minutes before shrouding it again in a cloak of cloud.  We had spent the weekend at the Boat House in Mukima House Estate.  With its own dam and an abundance of bird and wildlife it is a real gem in the bush just outside of Nanyuki.  Of course being close to nature sometimes means being upfront too.  We were awoken our final night by something running over us, my shoulder and Jays throat … another night with the light on LOL!

Our next stop is ‘one stop’ offering quaint stylish sheperds huts from Somerset Jay and I should be right at home in these pocket size obodes… providing they are rodent proof!