Kenya day 13: The return home

Pick-up at 12pm so we have the morning to chill out. We spend the time seating outside, looking at the sea. Bye, bye sea!

Again, we arrive at Mombasa Terminus train station early. Same security measures. Station as grand as the one in Nairobi but without windows. Natural air-con. The only statue if of Zheng He, a Chinese navigator and diplomat that visited Mombasa in the XV century. No statues of Kenyans... remember the Chinese built the stations?

Again, 2 shops. Same menu but half of the items aren't in stock. Less drink options. One shop has a fridge but it's only for show, no cold drinks available. There is no seating area for the food so we eat in the waiting area in makeshift tables.

Again, train departure and arrival are on time.
I started reading Fifty Shades of Grey yesterday. That means I can't stop reading! I finished it half way through out train trip and had to download the 2nd book, Fifty Shades Darker, and keep reading. I have read them before, this is the second time. The sex attracted me to the book but it's E.L.James ability to write dialog that makes me keep reading. She's so good with the witty talk and the mental talk. The sex gets a bit nauseous by the second book and it's too much by the third. I would recommend the first book. Like with any trilogy, it's usually the best.
At Nairobi Terminus we are picked up by a driver. He seems surprised when we tell him we're going to the airport. Oh boy, another one that doesn't know what he's doing...
Nairobi airport is busy. Security checks done but less thorough than at the train station. It's 3h before the departure time and the flight is already marked as 'boarding'. Seriously?!? Well, not before we have some food. The Food Court at the airport is... poor... options were few and we ended up having really bad burgers.
Flight on time, a night flight. Flight attendants spray insecticide in the cabin before we depart. So that's how they keep mosquitoes travelling from one country to to another!
We slept, neither me nor Jorge had food as we were sleeping, Manuel woke up for it though. I like night flights, they go faster and although sleeping seated is not great, at least one can sleep. Flying north to south or vice-versa has the advantage of no jet-leg. A bliss!