Edit: Masai Mara trip

I forgot to mention that on the way to Masai Mara National Park, after breaking down and just after we started the bumpy road, another event happened. David and Goliath, the Mercedes truck that was four-wheeling us (and sometimes two-wheeling ... on the side wheels) to and around the park, tried to overtake a small matato driving on the side of the road. The roads, as treacherously unpredictable as they were, meant that the matato and the truck collided sideways, smashing out the matato's left front headlight (and probably inducing a rearranging of the passengers and maybe even their organs in the matato) and bent in a beam underneath the truck.

However, we didn't bother to stop until a bit later. The matato was full of school kids on the way to Masai Mara, so they called ahead to the other buses in the same group and those buses flagged us down. Then a 45 minute argument ensued between the drivers, at one point erupting into a t-shirt pulling fight.

All the kids however, were as friendly as can be. They wanted their photos taken with Mzungus (non-swahili speakers, but often people confuse it with Wazungu which means white man)! Eventually a deal was struck and we were on our way...