@Guka: LOL! Shikuku and Osewe cannot handle my clients! They have insatiable and very demanding appetites!

Been going through the posts on wazua to see what I missed out on. Good to be back!

BTW we were to do a trip!? What happened?

@Njung'e

wow...so many posts while I was away....thanks people...

@Njung'e - not work - its just that I have always wanted to go that far north...farthest I have been in Nanyuki. After Turkana I might want to try somewhere in North Eastern. And I do not mind crossing the desert...and seeing the suggestion by @Conquestador....

@bwenyenye - thanks - thats very useful info.

@Conquestador - thats quite an idea to reel in some support. My initial thinking was to make Turkana part of a mega-ultra-hyper road trip (Nairobi-Fort Portal ....via Turkana). But from the feedback I guess this is not an area to take the family...so it would have to be more of a big people thing (and tough big people for that matter I think). Lets say we have two willing parties for now....Sasha? Njung'e? Wendz? Anyone else? Can start a separate thread on that (Turkana Madness). Say 5-7 days...@Leona should be kept in the loop - thats her forte.

@Sasha - yes I went to the main the main url and got the link - thx. Why a mobile petrol station BTW? I mean, where is the last fuel station? Marsabit? Are there none in Turkana area? I gather its abt 400km from Marsabit to Turkana - so 800 both ways...assume a 4x4 has a 100litre and km/ltr at slow speeds abt 8...its just abt enough I think its just abt enough? And you asked Guka abt a trip...how abt this one proposed by @Conquestador? We will let you drive the easy sections...

@willingtolearn - seeing as how things have changed (i.e. it cannot be a family trip rather an adventure for big people), perhaps that round trip may be too involving in terms of time...perhaps for a later date to allow planning...

@Cardinal and Mpenzi - yes, Guka is becoming our de facto "go to guy" (or is that "go to mzee"?) for travel matters and with @Leona, I think @Wazua should create a Travel section.

@Wendz - I think Guka should be a senator...what say?

@Njung'e: We were to do the North Eastern route. We were to map our route before you bailed on me! I was planning Nairobi - Meru through Embu - Maua - Garbatula through Laare - Wajir through the mountains and the Isiolo-Mandera 'road' - Moyale - Marsabit - Isiolo and back to Nairobi through Nanyuki! It would take more than a week but would be worth it!

@Djinn: There are 3 petrol stations in Marsabit (at least as at March 2010) but there is no guarantee that they will have fuel. You are advised to fill up at Isiolo! Isiolo to Loiyangalani is about 1000km so you are talking about 2000 km with one full tank so your diesel 4x4 will need to give you 20km/l to make it! Tough call!

See above for my trip with Njung'e! And yes Wendz should join us!

@Guka, hizi places zote, what time do you get to visit them!?? ama it is part of your PD/JD?

I used to think I am well-traveled, until Njung'e came into the picture....

@Njung'e, we had a deal about marenge soup and a lost apostrophe....

@Djinn, count me in that escapade to Turkana, but like you said...after Dec 10. We are looking forward to the thread you are birthing.
I am 12 years cubed - I therefore should qualify.

@Njung'e: can one prep a SUV or its purely 4x4 that shall hack the trail?

@Conquestador,

A SUV can but Pokot district and especially around Ortum is crazy country during rainy seasons.Rivers pop up everywhere.I would go with a 4X4.

@Sasha,
Work is in progress and i can assure the road is passable.Takes half an hour from Muthaara to Isiolo but not to worry.We can still use your preferred route.We can end day at Maua and take a an evening game drive at Meru NP...........Feb?......and are you sure you want us to do this??....

Maich,
For me Dec might not be possible......Something standing on my way and i also have a date with Kilimanjaro after X-mas though i am yet to confirm.......... why Sasha and i?