On Jan 23rd I was supposed to hike Williams Hill. I was not as prepared as I thought I would be. I had enough water and that is all that mattered. So I took a Star Bus at around 6:10am. The good news is that I was in town by 6:40am. On the way my mom did call to ask if I had showered, that is the story for another day.
My first view was this: -
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| Nairobi, the most beautiful city on earth |
The other day I was seated in Mat and this cheap guy was trying to hit me up and when we approached this section, my mind drifted. I cannot get over how beautiful Nairobi looks, from this angle it is the green city in the sun. Maybe its because Nairobi is hope, the place that I was born.
One and a half hours later, we started the journey and I saw this: -
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| the Great Rift Valley View Point |
Every single time I pass near this place, I am amazed by its beauty. I have been able to stop there once when I was headed to the International Day for Persons with Disabilities in Lari.
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| View point |
It took two and half hours to get to the base of William's Hill from the Old Italian church. This church is beautiful. I will not get into the history but near it there was a shop that sold pretty good looking pancakes for 30 shillings. Well, I would be interested in knowing its association with the Italians, shouldn't it be in Malindi?
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| Old Italian Church |
William a white man, a guess one of those referred to as colonial settler who lived in Kenya for a really long time after independence.
Does he still live there?
Is he old and married to a young African woman young enough to be his great grand daughter?
I should have asked those probably asked those questions.
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| Facing William's Hill |
There was a hotel at the base, I would assume the main attraction would be peace and serenity and the Hill off course. Also the hotel in nicely built in the shape of traditional African huts, but the hotel had no cold water.
How?
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| Behind me, one of the rooms in the hotel |
The whole week I had been reminding myself to buy a hat and sun glasses because one of the greatest enemies of hiking is the SUN, it so easy to suffer a heat stroke, but I did not buy one. I did not get the time and so I had to improvise.
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Fighting the sun
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| Feeling the burn |
I have learnt to enjoy the view, because no matter how bad my week was when I stop at look at how beautiful nature is, nothing matters any more.
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| A well deserved rest |
The view at the top was amazing! I used to sing the song 'I may never climb a mountain to see the world from there,' when I was younger, but I was wrong, noting beats the view from the top.
What I learnt about William's Hill.
1. It's not strenuous for seasoned hikers, we were done by around 4pm.
2. Carry enough water
3. The sun is always your enemy as a hiker
I enjoyed the hike but that means I started the year on a lighter note.
Next hill: Elephant Hill
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