{"id":40818,"date":"2020-02-22T10:52:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T10:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?page_id=40818"},"modified":"2020-02-22T10:52:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-22T10:52:19","slug":"kenya","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?page_id=40818","title":{"rendered":"Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?page_id=2888\">Return to index page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/57.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"40819\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/57.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=40819\" class=\"wp-image-40819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/57.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/57-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/57-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/57-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Kenya\\&#8217;s long distance coaches have locally built bodies. Each body is  completely hand built and unique, as bodybuilders use all their fantasy  to produce an eye-catching design. However, comfort and driving  qualities are rather mediocre. This coach, probably a Nissan with  Banbros bodywork, belongs to Maningo and is seen in Nairobi\\&#8217;s city  centre in April 1997. \u00a9 <em>John Veerkamp<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1490.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"40820\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1490.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=40820\" class=\"wp-image-40820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1490.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1490-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1490-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1490-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Apart from mid sized buses providing an extensive inter-city bus service  in Kenya (the railways there are virtually non existent, save for the  Nairobi to Mombassa tourist train), medium to short distance bus routes  are served by these mini buses, called &#8216;matatu&#8217;s. Here is a Nairobi  bound matatu waiting to fill up at Narok. \u00a9 <em>S. Shankar<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1491.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"40821\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1491.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=40821\" class=\"wp-image-40821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1491.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1491-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1491-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1491-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Here is another &#8216;matatu&#8217; or mini-bus in Narok, Kenya. Most matatus  appeared to be Toyoto Hiace vehicles. All matatus are identified by a  thick yellow band running right round, which separates them from the  numerous safari mini bus vehicles running all around the region.  \u00a9 <em>S. Shankar<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1492.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"40822\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1492.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=40822\" class=\"wp-image-40822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1492.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1492-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1492-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1492-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Matatus, matatus and still more matatus in Kenya. Although there is no  train service worth the name in Kenya, the train station is a major pick  up point for buses and matatus in Nairobi. Here is a cluster of matatus  (mini buses) creating true traffic chaos outside Nairobi\\&#8217;s train  station. I saw very few large buses in Kenya: it it was not a mini bus  (matatu), then it was a mini-truck LCV converted into a bus, like the  chocolate coloured Isuzu you see at the extreme left. Several buses were  built right on LCV chassis, and bore funky colours like lime green (as  you can see elsewhere in this picture), orange, electric blue etc. (Nov.  2010).   \u00a9 <em>S. Shankar<\/em>   <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?page_id=2888\">Return to index page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Return to index page Return to index page<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40818"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40818"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40823,"href":"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40818\/revisions\/40823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}