Jan 2026 Western Kenya
Northwestern Kenya is beautiful. We crossed the border from Uganda at Busia where Boaz's brother and a friend picked us up. After another couple of hours in a car (we'd already driven 2 1/2 hours to the border from Jinja) to Boaz's mom's house, we met most of his siblings and their families, and shared a couple memorable meals. Boaz's mom is in the blue dress. Two sisters are on either side of mom and his brother is next to Chris. The next day, we hiked up this valley to visit his grandmother. To the right of the stream is Kenya. To the left is Uganda. There are no border or customs enforcement agents here. The hike was steep. And many children were interested in following us. In fact, many of them go to school where we started our hike. They go down and back up this trail 5 or 6 days a week! The view behind us as we climbed up. Some of our escorts! The neighborhood swimming hole! Crossing into Uganda without our passports! The stream was underground at this point...