Ethiopia to Kenya: Marsabit Highway Warning

[pierresas]

A warning for those who intend to cross from Ethiopia to Kenya through Moyale - Marsabit - Isiolo...

We went through that road 6 weeks ago. One or two days later, an attack occured on a police station, the road was closed and all traffic was diverted to Wajir. The problem is that the Wajir road is much longer and, according to travellers, has quite a bit of sand.

The Kenyan police chief in Moyale doesn't say the truth about the current situation. You'd better ask people in town or even low-level customs guards. Someone recommended us not to drive in front of all other vehicules when leaving in the morning because some bombs have been planted on the road in the past (2 or 3 attacks last June and July).

Another sad story about that road was told to us by the gendarme at the French embassy in Nairobi. Last year, 2 bikers who had met in Kenya - one French, the other Dutch - took that road without escort. The French guy was found dead (althrough the autopsy did not show any evidence of foul play) and the Dutch guy disappeared without trace.

If we had known this, we would have ridden much closer to our escort...

Sorry for the bad news,
Pierre - http://photobiker.com