Day 41 to The Jade Sea!

We set off early from our final night with Helen. We planned 3 short days of cycling, as everyone had told us how inhospitable the terrain would be.

We passed through South Horr which was a very sleepy little town, with a tree lined main street. We even came across running water at the end, which was the first we had seen for 10 days.

We arrived at the turn to Koros Camp at 8am and thought we could make better use of the day than sitting under a tree, so carried on towards Lake Turkana Wind Power.

What a place! Tom has wanted to come here for ages ... The 365 turbines provide 17% of the country's power at peak times and 30% at night. It really is impressive.

We are very thankful for the welcome we were given at the main site, to get out of the heat of the day, including lunch in the canteen. Here we are getting in a sliver of shade for and hour, by what must me the world's most exposed, hottest and windiest swimming pool (35°C and 30 knots??). It's even windier at night but may be a little cooler.

Although we had planned to stay our second night here we thought we would plough on. The route for the day is generally downhill, so at 3pm we headed out for our destination, Loiyangalani.

The landscape becomes brutal, just rocks, lava and dust, all baked in the sun and wind blasted for millions of years. Barely anything grows. And then, we came round the corner to see the Jade Sea. I can't count how many km we have come from the coast right now, but we are both very chuffed and blown away by the lake.

Then the energy ran out and the light started to go ... Up and over the final hill to see "Loi". 104km for the day in blasting wind and up to 40° heat. The outskirts of town are all the traditional huts that we had seen along the lake shore.

You can see a short "Relive" of our route on the map here.

That's it for now, the journey will continue with the sailing soon...