Northern Kenya on the road South: "Buses did not operate on this north-south road." (157)
a description of the ride and roads that I can relate to (158)
after a flat tire, he rides an the top of a truck
"He said in English, 'They do not want your life, bwana, they want your shoes.'" (163)
he meets two young aid workers - berates them, though he admits he shouldn't have (165-6)
he begins a trip with some English tour guides and their Western crew - I know this will be bad (168)
pg 172: interesting: Theroux likes to get Biblical with people - does so with a "missionary of the Full Gospel Church" - a Kikuyu woman who makes them dinner - he speaks Swahili - a good thing, like Thubron's Mandarin
pg 176: hates Westerners - American aid workers won't give him a lift - he curses them
pg 179: decides to leave tour group - "I had seen items in travel magazines all the time advertising 'Overland Africa - Experience the Adventure.' And now I knew what this adventure entailed." - "After months of trucking in Africa everyone on board has the dull torpid smile and brain-damaged look of a cultist."
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