Karibuni Kenya

The next day it was time to go back to Arusha – I had decided to leave the ismabaras until my next trip as I didn’t have much time or money left and didn’t want to rush the mountains.  So we went to get the bus and had a few problems getting into the park with people saying we had to go to the office outside and everything, which was all rubbish.  Eventually we got in and searched for the bus, with people constantly coming up to us and saying they worked for the company and following us, telling us the wrong places for the buses.

Travel tip is to ignore all these people as they are trying to rip you off.  The best thing we found was to go to the actual bus and find the woman who comes on the bus giving out the drinks and tickets and talk to her.  Talking to people and from my own experience these girls are generally very nice and helpful, and it means you don’t get ripped off but you do get a seat and your luggage put on the correct bus safely.  With the tickets bought we headed off to arsuha, and from there I headed back to namanga to rest up and sort a few things out before coming back to arusha today for internet and a few other things I needed to do.

I also managed to find the place where I ate kiti mot and so went for lunch there today.  It is very well hidden and tricky to find, but the food is quite cheap and tastes fantastic, so I thought I would write how to get there so that anyone going to arusha can find the place. 

Basically get on the road from Arusha to Namanga and look for a supermarket called ’sakina supermarket’ (if you ask people they will point you in the right direction).  Opposite this is ‘Panama inn’ and just to the left of this, about twety or thirty metres along is the kiti moto.  It is impossible to find if you don’t know what it is, but I just asked people around the panama place and they showed me the way in.  I ordered half a kilo for tshs2500 (about 1 pound fifty or a bit less), but it was far too much – half a kilo is easily enough for two people when combined with the ugali they give you.  The women there are very helpful too, and although it doesn’t look that clean is some ways, I or anyone else who’s been is yet to get ill after eating there, so really its fine, and quite a wonderful experince just tucked away on a street of arusha.  Another must if you are in arusha, and only a 10 or 20 minute walk from the city centre.