Cheese in Eldoret!

I am in HEAVEN! Its only been 2 weeks and I was already missing cheese..

There was a teaching seminar here and I met a nice dutch lady who is married to a Kenyan guy. I was already planning a trip to Eldoret so that I could get some cheese and it just so happened that she lives there! So on Friday we went together to her home. The drive was only about 2 hours and on the way we stopped for some nice grilled maize from the side of the road and got hassled like noones business by people selling potatoes, carrots and other vegetables. It started to get quite physical in fact with people trying to open the car doors and putting their hands through the windows so we made a quick exit.

Eldoret.. what can I say... the Lonely Planet wasnt lying when it said there was nothing to do other than visit the cheese factory! But I had so much fun there, I sampled pretty much all the cheeses they make and ended up buying a 500g block of cheddar (its very nice even if its not rreal cheddar) and blue cheese (at least when this goes mouldy I wont notice! hah!) and something called highland red which was GREAT! Also they are known for their icecream so I couldnt resist, I had a small tub of banana flavour which was yummy :)





And we had lunch in a nice cafe, and I was SO happy to get a nice big mug of mocha, it was my highlight! While in the cafe we met some nice American guys who were doing some work with orphans in Kenya and was tickled to hear how much they liked "Africa" even though they had only been in Kenya ;) they were nice though and were excited to be informed about the chees factory!

That evening we watched the football while eating home made pizza, I was so happy to eat pizza, its amazing what 3 weeks of Kenyan food makes you miss. But the pizza was most welcome but we missed the Holland game so we were a bit upset but still very happy with the result non-the-less..

The journey back to Nakuru was a nightmare! Basically I was lied to by the guy who was selling tickets on the mutatus. He was telling me it was leaving NOW so I paid and then the bus left. Basically he said that so that I would pay and fill up the next mini bus. So after much arguing and cursing from me (not swearing, actual cursing ;) ) i got on the bus happy to see that at least it was half full so we wouldnt have to wait too long until we leave. Only to find out later that these peoeple were just sat there so that it LOOKED full, as more people were paying to get on, these people were leaving. In total I was waiting an hour before it was full! I was NOT happy, and especially with the sales guy, everytime he walked past I was giving him evils. Then a woman sat next to me and i noticed that she paid 350 (i paid 300) so i assumed she was going further than me.. But due to my bad mood with this guy at this point i thought i would ask her anyway where she was going and it turned out the same place as me! So i started yet another big kerfuffle and insisted he paid her the money back and he started shouting at me telling me not to get involved, at which point I shouted so that everyone could hear not to pay more than 300 for my destination :D then the authority or whoever came by the check everyones reciept and the woman was given her refund.. when it was time to leave the sales guy muttered something under his breath at me but I just stared and smirked at him.

Then on the way back wee passed 2 overturned lorries and I was incredibly uncomfortable and hot.. i was so glad to be in Nakuru.. and the ncie part was that I had a nice vehicle to Molo and again to Baraka, so things got much better!

Today its raining so hard and the power has been out for over 2 hours now.. i hope it comes back soon! But I am happy and occupied enough, i have full netbook battery and a new mobile internet device so at least I can browse (albeit slowly!).

Time is really going fast!