Nairobi to Lewa

One of the pilots on this flight was a female and it soon became apparent she was still training as we had quite a wobbly take off and then flew north over the Kibera shanty town area of Nairobi which houses about 2.5m people.  We were told later that new housing had been offered to many but they refused to move.  As strange as that sounds it is apparently quite simple, the new housing was too expensive for them. 

 And over the cultivated areas (at one time Kenya was wooded all over)

It was quite apparent our pilot was very, very inexperienced.  As we neared Lewa there was quite a hill to go over and at one point I seriously doubted she was going to gain enough height.

The landing at Lewa airstrip even had me feeling glad when we finally stopped.  We were of course in no danger at any time as there was a very experienced pilot who took over when necessary. 

Poor Ian, I don't think it was his most enjoyable hour.