The two lesser known horses of the apocalypse.

OK so we managed to get out of Kampala safely! The day after we last wrote the city errupted in protests about Museveni's opponent, Besigye, who had returned from exile in S. Africa after 4 years. Besigye is now being tried for olluding with the rebel fighters and a lot of Ugandans are not happy about this, saying he is a rightful opponent. So that day we were going to go into town and meet up with our German friends (Barbara and Marcus - if you're reading this, we wanted to meet up but decided it was safer to leave when we could. We hope you are safe) but other travellers at our campsite returned from town having been tear gassed and shot at. Luckily we had decided on a quiet day doing a bit of laundary and playing cards! The protests continued the next day and John, the mad Aussie owner of the Backpackers campsite, drove us to the brow of the hill overlooking Kampala. Using binoculars we could see the smoke and hear gunshots. Needless to say we didn't venture into town that day either. So, along with Steve an Irish bloke and a couple of Kiwi ladies, Karen and Sarah, we decided to try to catch the next early morning bus outta town and scarpered. Eight hours later we arrived in Nairobi and caught a taxi to the Nairobi Backpackers - nice place - and had a good meal followed by an early night ..... in a really comfy bed!!! Nice after lots of nights in the tent with Dave rolling over you. Up again early (that's 2 5.30 starts in a row) the next day we caught a taxi to the bus station and swapped our Dar es Salaam tickets booked in Kampala, for tickets to the coast at Mombasa instead. A slight change of plan to include more sea is much needed. We are now enjoying Mombasa, having collected our money bag from the bus station's lost property office which contained nothing too horrendous, just driving licences and health certificates and diving cards (oops!). Have enjoyed a drink outside the front of the Catle Hotel for posh people, lovely colonial building and it only costs 35 squids a night, still too expensive for us though. We ahve just booked 2 flights to Lamu and we're very excited. This is also an addition to the trip (after lots of discussion and persuading of Dave ;-) and we leave for Malindi, north of Mombasa tomorrow, then fly on Sunday. We come back to Malindi on Sat 26th but have the option to change the date once without charge, so who knows!!! It sounds fantastic and is described in our very thorough guide book as 'unmissable'! Off to the old town next to see Fort Jesus. I'm all covered up with long dress and shirt so as not to offend the muslims. Mum, Dad, Linda and Kev - where did we stay in 1990? I know it was near Mombasa but not sure exactly where.... Forgot to mention (I think) that when we on safari in the Masai Mara we had a few loo stops in Keekorok Lodge - v. posh and lovely - and I think we stayed there or maybe had anafternoon swim there? Am I right? I recognised the loos. (Dave writes) For those wondering about this post title. After leaving the war zone in Kampala, we stopped in Nairobi, where the following day there were violent political protests. So Jo and I are the lesser know horses of the apocalypse, 'Political Protest' and 'Beer bottle tops', which we leave in our trail... Josie and Matt - so far we've collected a few good names; how about Yoweri, Kizza, Moses, Imani for starters. By far the most popular is Moses. Will keep looking!