The Delights of Marsabit - March 7

This morning after breakfast we remembered we had dropped off our laundry the evening before and as we had to be out of our rooms we had to go collect it – so this got us up and about quite early. Went for a wander down town to do the usual – eat, buy snacks, find somewhere to use the internet, and eat again! The guys couldn’t quite decide what to do this afternoon but I decided to go back and try again to send some files on the internet. They went back to camp to sort out their bikes and I stayed in town and spent a couple more hours on the internet. I had been unable to withdraw any money earlier and so had very little money on me and also the two restaurants I knew about had basically run out of food from our earlier visits. So I started my search for an alternative place to eat and bought some snacks and chocolate milk to tide me over. Just as I had decided to return to camp I bumped in to Nick who thought he knew of another bank on the other side of town!! So we trudged through some very dodgy dirt streets feeling as if we were leaving the village completely but sure enough we managed to find the ATM which WORKED! Nick also knew of a place which served chips so we went there to eat fried egg and chips – great!! Of course I now felt a whole lot better. Taxi back to camp was on the back of a motorbike. Decided not to bother with my tent again this evening – Jorg is doing the same and maybe Kendra also. At camp we find out about what lies ahead tomorrow – 115 km of dirt – so could be a good day for me! They say that the first 20km is really bad but then it does get better – but nobody really knows! I guess we’ll find out – I’d better go to bed to be ready for another tough day!!