In August 1968 I experienced the first part of our journey back to Finland, in a DC-3 plane from Kisumu to Nairobi. I relived the journey In April 13 2018 onboard the Kenyan Airways Embraer E-170LR 5Y-KYO on route 655, seated at the window on seat 14J. First identified was Sondu market place at the A1 Kisii / Kisumuroad with the bridge over the river. After the bridge the road runs straight up to a market place where the C22 Sondu /Ikonge road branches of. Matongo was sighted, and I managed to get a picture through the cabin window.
The route, roads, and mentioned places in the text above, shown in screenshots. The images of the route are screenshots from Flightradar 24. The satellite images are Google Earth screenshots.
Route 655 Kisumu-Nairobi.
Route North East of Matongo.
Sondu and the road to Matongo.
Matongo station.
Revisiting Matongo church after 50 years.
Very nice to visit Matongo, to see the house where we lived for 5 years. As expected the trees and have grown,and many new buildings have been built.