Karura forest is a forest reserve close to where we live, a nice place to hike and see nature in the middle of the city. Among other things it has a 15 meter waterfall, a lily pond, bamboo forest and marshlands. It also has caves which are considered to be sacred by many with a historic value as they were used by the Mau Mau as hideouts during the struggle for Independence, as well as a place where the Central Bank used to burn all of Kenya’s currency that was up for disposal. Obviously since it is a forest none of the roads are paved, they are typical dirt roads but quite well maintained.
Jaakko was meeting his friends there, but unfortunately it started to rain the minute we entered the parking lot which is about 1km from the main road. The rain didn't stop, so about half an hour later we decided to head back home. The road was wet and muddy due to the rain.
I didn't think twice about and just kept on driving, until another car was driving towards us. As I slowly pulled to the side of the road, the car started fish tailing even though the speed was very low. Soon after that we saw that a minivan was stuck in a slight incline. Another car was also waiting behind it, but its wheels just kept on spinning and it couldn't get anywhere.
All I could do was to jump out of the car and start pushing the minivan. Needless to say it was a rear wheel drive and covered me in red mud from head to toe. We managed to get the van going but it got stuck again. Luckily this time there was room to bypass it.
It was unbelievable how slippery the muddy road was. It was almost impossible to walk on it without slipping. We also saw aRange Rover heading our way and sliding sideways into the ditch. I'm glad we were one of the first ones to leave, later on we heard that some cars were stuck on that road for more than 4 hours.
It was really like driving on ice, I'm glad it does not rain more here and I hope it never rains while we are on a safari :)
Jaakko was meeting his friends there, but unfortunately it started to rain the minute we entered the parking lot which is about 1km from the main road. The rain didn't stop, so about half an hour later we decided to head back home. The road was wet and muddy due to the rain.
I didn't think twice about and just kept on driving, until another car was driving towards us. As I slowly pulled to the side of the road, the car started fish tailing even though the speed was very low. Soon after that we saw that a minivan was stuck in a slight incline. Another car was also waiting behind it, but its wheels just kept on spinning and it couldn't get anywhere.
All I could do was to jump out of the car and start pushing the minivan. Needless to say it was a rear wheel drive and covered me in red mud from head to toe. We managed to get the van going but it got stuck again. Luckily this time there was room to bypass it.
It was unbelievable how slippery the muddy road was. It was almost impossible to walk on it without slipping. We also saw aRange Rover heading our way and sliding sideways into the ditch. I'm glad we were one of the first ones to leave, later on we heard that some cars were stuck on that road for more than 4 hours.
It was really like driving on ice, I'm glad it does not rain more here and I hope it never rains while we are on a safari :)
