Kenya: On the road

We never knew what we would find on the road in Kenya, both on safari and in more urban areas.

When elephants want to cross the road in front of you, they definitely get the right of way.

On the road, we encountered zebras and ostriches . . .

. . . and Thompson's gazelles . . .

. . . and an iridescent bird I've yet to learn the name of.

Also on the road, all manner of vendors. Here a man on the road from Nairobi airport sells passport covers.

Here, at the entrance to a safari area, vendors were delighted to see some rare visitors.

Kiosks waited for trade on the roadside.

Others waited for work. Unemployment is around 45 percent.

We drove through a poor Kenyan town on the border with Tanzania.

And in the town of Voi on the highway east to Mombasa sits a roadside mosque.