When Friendship Turns Me Into a Bank 🇰🇪 vA 90

I ride from Marigat to Kabarnet, a beautiful town up the great African rift valley, in Kenya.
On my way, everyone wants to be my friend, but some have a strange way to define friendship.

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Marigat, Kenya – Morning, my friends, from Marigat. Let’s get back on the road on the way to Iten. Let’s go, guys. Let’s try to find some breakfast first before leaving because I’m hungry. Hello. – Hi. – Yo, hello… – Hello. – …chairman.

– I need to go. – Hi, hi, hi. – Hello. Hello. – Yes. – Where are you going? – The goat and the school kids. Yeah, hello. – Hi. – Hi. – Hello, hello. – Hi. Hi. Hi there. – Oh, they’re so sweet. – Hi. – Hello, hello. Hello.

So it’s drizzling already. Let’s explain the plan to you. So, Iten is 93 kilometers from here, but it’s 2,700 meters of elevation gain from here to Iten. Basically, there are two very big mountain passes on the way. So I cannot do all this climbing in one day with my batteries.

So, I will do it in two days. It will take me two days to go to Iten. So today we go to Kabarnet, I think, at the summit of the first pass. So let’s go to Kabarnet today, guys. It’s just about 40 kilometers but 1,300 meters of elevation gain for today. Let’s go.

– How are you? – Hello, cool. Hello. Well, I’m very lucky for today. It usually rains only at the end of the afternoon, but… Now it’s raining from the morning. So that’s where the climb starts to go to Kabarnet. – How do you do? – Hello. – How are you doing?

– Hello. – Are you fine? – Cool. Fine, fine. Yes. Hello. Hello. – Cool. – Cool. Hello. It looks like an abandoned resort. Oh, it’s so hot, I mean getting hot. Because it’s the lowlands, it’s hot. Anyway, maybe I’m gonna go to the abandoned resort

To have breakfast because I don’t see where I can find breakfast on my way now. Ah, yes. So I already did three kilometers. You see I have a few fruits: I have an avocado, tangerines, and some passion fruit. But first, let’s go to visit this interesting abandoned resort.

So you see that’s quite common. In Kenya, they often do those kind of… They call it cottages. So small rooms like this are isolated. And then there is the main building. Look at that. Oh, it’s cracked. Oh, nightclub. Wow! Maybe it was a nightclub. I don’t know. Oh my god.

It looks like a nightclub actually. Interesting. Another room. A lot of bottles. And the cottages, guys. You see a lot of small houses. Well, so it’s probably more… Yeah, more a resort, a lodge for tourists than a nightclub. But they always have areas for music and drinking around here.

Around here, people like to drink. There is a very nice song actually, which is very funny actually, “There is no beer in heaven, so let’s drink it here basically.” And I really like this concept. Okay, let’s have breakfast, guys. There is no beer in heaven, so let’s drink it here. Hello.

A nice tangerine. Hello. – Cool. – And I’m starting to create a gathering. Let’s go to lock the bike at least. Check, check, check. How are you? – Fine. – Fine. Let’s finish the breakfast now with the delicious… Oh, it’s getting rotten. Delicious Kenyan avocado.

Breakfast. – Hi. – Breakfast. – 10 o’clock? – Ah? – 10? 10 o’clock breakfast? – 10 o’clock breakfast. Yeah. Late, yeah. – It’s okay. – It’s okay. – Bye. Bye. – Have a good day. – Lunch at what time? – Lunch later. At what time? – Yeah.

– 1 p.m. – One in the afternoon? – Yeah, 1 p.m. 1 p.m. or 2 p.m. – And supper? – And supper? 8 p.m. – 8 at night??? – Yeah. Have a good day. Very friendly. So I think, basically, he was saying

That 10 o’clock in the morning for breakfast is a little bit late. I think, in the villages, people wake up much earlier. Avocado time. It’s been a while since I showed you an avocado. Oh, and I still have an energy bar. Great!

And in Kenya, you can even have a fancy life with olive oil on board. Look at that, guys. A nice avocado, a little bit old. With olive oil and salt. Fantastic! Awesome! And I have some goats who want to steal my breakfast. Delicious. That’s one of the best things in life.

A good avocado. Hello. A good energy bar. Let’s go, guys. Have a good day. Let’s go to Kabarnet. Hello. Hello. – Cool. – Cool. – Very cool. Now it’s easier to follow me. Peaceful? – Yes. – Yes. What is your name? – Abadiya. – Ah? – Abadiya. – Abadiya? – Yes.

– Nice to meet you. You see the wonderful view over Lake Baringo. Hello. Beautiful nice woods. I love how people just sit under the trees. That’s the image of Africa for me: someone sitting under a tree. Hello. Hi. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello, hello. Hello. – How are you? – Good, good. – Yes, good.

Hello. – Cool. – Cool, cool. Hello. – Cool. – Thank you. Have a good day. – Yeah. – Hello. – Nice to meet you, man. – Nice to meet you. – Come, come. Why did you stop? – Okay. – Okay. You have gone how many kilometers? – Not many today. Just from Marigat.

– From Marigat? – Yes. – Okay. – Where is your phone? – Ah? – Where is your phone? – My phone? – Yeah. Do you use an iPhone? You know the camera of that is good. – Oh, yes. – Not like this one of mine.

– Ah, okay. – Yeah. – No, no, but… – Can I get your number? – I need to continue. – Okay, continue. – Yes. – Okay. – So now I’m starting the steep part of the climb. It should be like 10 kilometers much steeper. What a wonderful landscape! Oh my god. There’s a shop here. I’m gonna go see if they have some food because… Well, I was stupid once again. I did not bring enough food.

I am absolutely starving. And there is no food at all on the way. No restaurant, nothing. So let’s see if they have some food here. Hello. – Very cool. – Do you have food? – Yes. – Oh, yes. Good. What kind of food do you have?

– We have soda drinks. – You have soda. – Soda. – Yeah. – Do you have Coca-Cola? – Yeah. – Yeah. – And do you have chips or…? – Ah, we don’t have chips here. – Do you have chocolate, something with chocolate? – No, no. – Nothing?

Oh, you have bread. – Yeah, bread. – Oh, you have… This is… Do you have crackers? – Which one? – Crackers. – No. – You don’t have crackers. – We don’t have them. – But you have bread, right? – Yeah, bread. I have it. – Hello. Yes. – Can I give you Cola?

– Oh, you have Coke. Yes, good. – Yeah, Coca-Cola. – Yeah, I’ll take one… Do you have fresh? No, you have no fresh, no? Cold? – Which one? – Cold. – Yeah, it is cold. – Do you have a cold one? – No. – No, you don’t.

– No, no, no. – Okay, I’ll take one like this. No, I’ll take some bread. Can I have one packet of bread like this, please? – Yes. – And what else do you have: snacks or something like that? – I don’t have any snacks. – You don’t have any snacks.

Any salty thing? – No, I don’t have it. What about some biscuits? – You have biscuits. Are they sweet or salty? – Sweet. – Sweet. I prefer salty. But maybe I’ll take some biscuits. What kind of biscuits do you have? – I have Tea Biscuits here.

– Okay, I’ll get that. That’s the best biscuits you have. What’s the best biscuits you have? – This one I have. – This one? – Yeah. – It’s the best one. – Yeah, the best one. – Okay, I’ll take all this then. Okay. This, this, and this. How much is it?

There is no bench outside. Oh, you take the bench outside. Okay, thank you. So, how much for all this? – This one? – Yes. – All of this? – This, this, and this. – This is 50. – Yeah. – This is 40. – Yes. – And 70.

– 70? – Yeah. – So 50, 40. That’s 90. – 90. – And 70. So that’s… – 160. – Okay, that’s 200. Okay, make it 200. It’s okay. There. You can keep the change. It’s okay. Ah, you’re giving me a straw. Fantastic. Can you open the Coke, please?

It’s okay. Oh, I’m dying. I need to eat. I’m just completely dead. And… Oh, okay. Thank you very much! I’m dying. – Hey. – I need this. So this is pure sugar. Do you want some biscuits? – No, I am… – You’re sure? Do you want some? Then take some. Yes.

I think the rain stopped. I had a good rest. Nice. – Okay, we will meet again. – We will meet again. Yeah, yeah. – Yeah, yeah, yeah. – Good luck with everything and… And we shall talk. How do you say…? – Welcome. – Thank you very much!

Have a good day then. – Yeah, have a good day. – Have a good day. Nice talking to you. – Okay, thank you. – Okay, bye-bye. – Welcome to Kenya! – Thank you. – Yeah. – Very friendly people. I waited for the rain to stop because I’m not going far today.

Oh, it’s beautiful. Wow! You can see Lake Baringo just there, but the problem… The seat is very wet. That’s the problem when you stop. You know, the side slopes are very problematic for me. Okay, let’s go. Thank you very much! Bye-bye. – Bye-bye. – Let’s resume our journey to Kabarnet. Goodbye.

Hello. – Cool, cool. – Very cool. – What is this? – A tricycle. Good, good. – You are enjoying it. You are enjoying it. – I’m enjoying myself. Yes. Hello. – Welcome. – That’s where we come from – the Great African Rift with all the lakes. Oh, it’s very sad I already had food because there’s Nyama Choma here with a great view. Ah, man. I missed a great place. Maybe I have time. Maybe let’s have a coffee here. Let’s take our time today.

It’s three o’clock. I’m only 10 kilometers from Kabarnet. – Yes. – Hello. – Hello. – How are you? – I’m fine. – Fine? – Welcome to our place! – Thank you. – Yeah. – Because I already had food. But do you have coffee or juices or something like that or…?

– No, I don’t have… – Yes. – Yeah. – Yeah? – We have some coffee. – You have something to drink. – Yes. – Because it looks like you have a good view. So I just wanna enjoy the view for some time. – Okay.

– Let’s go then. Do you have juice? Do you have fruit juice? – We have some soda. – But with the fruits you have there, you have… – Fruits. – It’s not for juice? – No. – Okay, okay. So what do you have?

– We have some cooked bananas with meat and chapati. – Some cooked bananas? – Yeah. – Okay, so it’s like… – Matoke. – Ah? – It’s called matoke. – Ah, it’s called matoke. – Yeah. – Oh, how much is it – matoke? – 150 Shillings ($1). – 150.

– Yeah. – Okay, I’ll get matoke. And do you have coffee or something like that or…? – Yes. – Yes. – Yes. Or chai, or tea? Or chai? – Yeah, we have it. – You have chai. – Yeah. – Okay, I’ll get one chai, please, also. Thank you.

So, I will have matoke for the first time. The typical Ugandan food. So I was waiting for Uganda to have it, but let’s have it here. Look at this beautiful view, guys. Oh my god. Beautiful rainforest. And the beautiful great African Rift.

– You are very tired. – Yes, I’m tired. Yes. Too much climbing here. A cup of tea, guys. Hi. – Hi. How are you? – Good, good. How are you? – I’m fine. Thank you. – Exploring the place. I’m traveling. I’m going to Iten.

Well, tomorrow I’ll go to Iten. – Oh, you’re going to Iten. – Yes, with the bike there. – It’s a funny one. – It’s a funny bike. Yes, yes. – But now you have to climb. – There is a lot of climbing here.

So I go slowly. Yeah. – It is very steep. – It’s very steep. Yeah, yeah. – Yeah. – Tomorrow is gonna be worse, I guess. Yeah. Yes. – Mutai. – Mutai. Okay, and you’re watching animals or… – No, I’m just relaxing. – Okay. – I’m a student. – Ah, okay.

Because I see Google. So it’s like… – Yeah, this is for the view. – Ah, okay. – Yeah. – Nice. Wow! So here is… My first matoke arrived. Oh, man. This is gonna be big. Oh, wow. There’s even meat. Look at that, guys. A lot of cooked bananas, a bit of cabbage, chapati.

Very good. So we are in Tugen Hills View. It’s a beautiful place. Yeah. This hill requires a lot of energy. – Yeah, yeah. – Oh, it’s good. Oh, wow. It’s my first matoke. Very good. It’s my first matoke, and it’s really awesome, actually.

So I think it’s plantain. In the matoke, it’s plantain, no? The banana. – Yeah. – Yeah, it’s good. Yeah. It’s very healthy. Banana is very healthy. – Yeah, yeah. – Tugen Hills. Oh, it’s not mountains. – Tugen Hills. Yeah.

– And so the people who live here are the Tugen people who are part… – The sub-tribe of Kalenjin. – It’s a sub-tribe of the Kalenjin. – Yeah. – And it’s interesting because, for example, both are Kalenjin, but they can’t understand each other because… – Yeah, Tugen and…

– Because you are Tugen and you are? – Kipsigis. – Kipsigis? – Yeah. – Yeah. – So it’s funny because both are Kalenjin in the end but not the same sub-tribe, and it makes the difference. But it’s actually funny because you can’t understand him, but he can understand you, right?

– Yeah, they can understand me. – I understand him. – You understand him. – But he doesn’t understand… – But you don’t understand him. – Yeah. – It’s very interesting. – Very. – Despite the fact that they’re both Kalenjin. Anyway. – Yeah. – That’s the diversity, cultural and ethnic diversity of Kenya.

– Also, there are a few… – Where is Marigat? It’s kind of… – Marigat? Direct. – Direct? This way. – Yes. – Okay. A beautiful place. The Tugen Hills. – Fine. Fine. – Okay, let’s resume our journey. Thank you. – Thank you, thank you.

– It was nice talking to you. – Yeah, thank you. – All of you. Oh my god, Kenya is beautiful, friendly. Everything is so nice in this country. Okay, I need to find the guy to pay. But I can’t find him.

Do you know to whom I pay? Oh, you are here. I was looking for you. How much do I owe you? – 200 Shillings. – 200 Shillings. Okay. – Visit us next year also. You will get somewhere to… – Thank you.

– I will have built the place to sleep, the place to lie. – Oh, you’ll have a place to sleep. – I will do it. – Oh, nice. Next year you’ll have a place to sleep. – Yeah, I will have it. – That’s very good.

I mean, if you have a place to sleep here, yeah, people will come because… – I will build it. – It’s so beautiful. So people will love it here. – Yeah, yeah. I will do it. – You should do it. Yeah. – Thank you. Thank you. – Thank you.

– You can’t imagine how happy I am in Kenya, guys. Let’s go. So 11 kilometers left. Let’s finish our ride to Kabarnet. Bye-bye. It’s hard. – It’s very hard. – Hello. Thank you, thank you. – Welcome to Kenya! – Thank you, thank you. – Welcome.

– Thank you very much! – A photo there. A viewpoint. – Oh, there’s a viewpoint here. – Take a photo of the viewpoint. – No, but it’s okay. I saw the view there already. – A viewpoint. – I saw it there already. Yeah. – What is your name? – Yves. – I am…

My name is Kibe. – Kibe? – Yeah, Kibe. – Nice to meet you, Kibe. – I have a problem. – Oh my god. – Yeah, so help me with food. I’m very… – Yes, but… – Elephantiasis. – Yes, but… – So would you give me something for food? – Yeah, but sorry, I…

All right. Here you go. – Thank you. So it’s… – Yes, but… – Mzungu, nice channel. Come again. – Okay. – Thank you. – You’re welcome. – Yeah. – I guess it’s hard not to… Most of the time, I don’t give.

But I don’t know. I’m in a good mood today, so I give. I guess it must be hard when you can’t cure yourself, because you can’t pay for the doctor. Hello, hello. – Hello. – Cool, cool. – Hey, you are taking some… – Yeah. Hello. – Cool. – Hello.

Hello. – Where are you going? – Where? Ah? – You are coming from where? – Ah? From where? From France. – From France? – Yes. – Up to here? – Up to here. Yes. – And what about the rain? – The rain? – Yeah. – It’s okay. I have a jacket.

– Hello. – Hello. How are you? – An umbrella. – Are you okay? – I’m okay. – Okay. – Is it not tiresome? – It is tiresome. Yeah. – Yeah. – Have a safe journey. – Have a good day. – Safe journey. – Let’s say that. Kenyans run the French cycle. Hello.

Hello, hello. – Very cool. – Very cool. – Moving, moving, moving. – Moving, moving, moving. Yeah. And after the all-day climbing, we are arriving in Kabarnet. Finally. Hello. – Where in France do you come from? You live in France. Nice, Florence? – Nice. No, Florence is in Italy. Near Paris. – Paris? – Yes. – Vienna?

– Near Paris. No, not Vienna. Vienna is in Austria. – In Austria. – Yes. – Yeah. – Why do you prefer this one, not a bike? – Because it’s more funny – this one. – You enjoy it. – I enjoy it. Yeah. – Yeah, yeah. – I want to go slowly.

– You’re having fun. – This is too fast. I want to go slow. I want… This forces me to go slow. No, no, I came from Ethiopia. So Moyale, Marsabit. – How did you survive with the Al-Shabaab along the way? – It’s okay. – With this bike? – Yes. – And Al-Shabaab?

– With what? Al-Shabaab? – Yeah. – No, there is no Al-Shabaab there. – Somalia. You came from… – Not Somalia. Ethiopia, Ethiopia. – And through? – I didn’t go to Somalia. In Somalia, I would not survive. Yes. – They would get rich with you.

– If I go to Somalia, the Al-Shabaab will catch me. – They’ll catch you. – And it’ll be a problem. – …a big load of money. – Exactly, yeah. So I didn’t go to Somalia. It would be a suicide for me to go to Somalia.

– Yeah, it’s a dangerous place to stay. – But Marsabit, Moyale – no problem. It’s okay. – So where are you going to sleep tonight? – I’m waiting for my friend. One of the hotels, one of the lodges or guest houses here.

I would say I’d wait for my friend to… – So he’s not arriving. – I think he’s on his way. He tells me he’s coming, but sometimes it takes some time. – A lady or a man? – A man. – And what about a lady? You want a lady.

For tonight, man. – For tonight? No, I’m fine. No, I’m fine, but it’s a friend I met in the Tugen Hills Resort View. – Yes, yes, yes. – Do you know this small shop there? – Yeah, yeah. Okay. – And he wants to drive me around to find a place to stay.

So I am surrounded now. – Yeah, yeah, you’re having fun. And I think you’ll be… – I don’t need it. I don’t need it. It’s okay. I had too much food today. I ate three times already today, so… Four times actually. Four times I ate. Yeah. So that’s enough. Yeah.

– Do you know the former president, the dead guy – Moi? – Oh, Moi. Oh, that’s why there is a sign. – Yeah. – Moi was from here. – Yeah. – Ah, okay. – Yeah, he was around… – The second president. Yeah. – Yeah.

Yeah. – He was the second president after Kenyatta. – Yes. – Yeah. Good luck. – Good luck to you too. You can send me some euros. – Some euros? – You are my friend now. – Yeah, but why? You’re my friend, also. You can give me some Shillings also then. – No problem.

I’ll send you some Shillings. You’ll send me some euros. – Okay. Have a good day. – Yeah. – Still waiting for Mutai. Bye-bye. – Bye. – Bye-bye. Yes. Where can I hide? Now it’s raining. I’m waiting for Mutai, but he’s not coming, so… So now it’s raining. So let’s go hide.

Okay, so it’s been a half an hour since I’m waiting for… Bye-bye. I’m waiting for my friend Mutai, but he doesn’t show up. I don’t know. I think he waited for me to text him to leave his place, but he’s far away.

So… And now it’s raining. So I’m just going to the hotel on my own. Let’s go to try to find a hotel in Kabarnet. So I’m gonna check this Rift Valley Hills Resort. Oh, you’re here. – Yeah, I’m here. – Okay, I found you. I found you finally. – Yeah.

– So let’s see what the price is and how is a beautiful resort here in Kabarnet. – And another one. – Thank you. – How are you doing? – It’s very fancy. I don’t know if it’s gonna be in my price range. It’s super fancy.

– Welcome. – Thank you. – Thank you. – Yeah, welcome. So, these are the rates. So we have the standard room and the superior room. – And what’s…? Oh, there are so many rates. – Yeah, so many rates. – So it’s adult.

– Yeah, this is adult. – Adult single. And that’s… What’s BO? – A meal plan. – This is resident. – Oh, so BO is like no… – No meals. – No meals. – Bed only. – That’s with breakfast. – Yeah, then this is…

– That’s half-board, and that’s full board. – Yes. – Okay. So it’s 3,600 without… – Without breakfast. – Without breakfast. – Yes. You’ve been staying with us? – I’ve never stayed with you. – Yeah. – No, no, no. But can I see the room?

– Yeah, you can see the room. Like you can tell me as a resident. We’ll serve the non-resident rate. – Oh, because… So what’s the rate I would pay? Here or…? – The non-resident rate. 64. – 64. That’s US dollars then. Yeah. – Yeah, the rate…

– Yeah, 64. No, but that’s okay. That’s too much for me. – That’s too much for you. – Yes, yeah. – Okay, you see the rooms first. Then you can come to cover it. – Okay, but I think… I mean, I don’t…

It’s way too much. So I don’t think it’s gonna be possible for me. – Okay. – Yeah. – Okay. – It’s okay. I’ll check somewhere else. It’s okay. – What about the superior rate with the resident rate? – 5,000 is already too much for me.

I’m used to staying for cheaper prices, so it’s okay. – 5,000 is already too much for you. – Yeah, yeah, it’s already too much for me. Yeah. – Okay. – No, it’s okay. It’s just too expensive. It’s okay. It’s not for me. It’s okay. Thank you.

– You are welcome then. – No worries. Thank you. – Thank you very much! – So now I’m going to another place. I don’t know. It’s… Look at this beautiful view, guys. Wow! The ride to Iten is gonna be beautiful. It’s this building, no? Okay. – That’s very nice. – Thank you.

– You can keep an eye on it then? – Yes. – Okay, thank you. – Hello. – Hi. – Welcome! – Thank you. Do you have rooms? – Yeah, we do. – Yes. How much is it? – 2,500 ($17) for the standard rooms.

– For the standard rooms. – Inclusive of breakfast. – With breakfast? – Yeah. – Oh, good. Can I see a standard room? – Yeah, you can. And you can see my beautiful room. And here is the beautiful view over the valley, leading to Iten, for our next ride, guys.

What a wonderful place! The Great African Rift. See you for the next adventures. Ciao, guys.