Under lock and key: Love in the time of rallying in Vasha

Spectators during the WRC Safari Rally Kenya. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

Vroooom, vroooom, vrooooooom! the rally drivers roared, and so did a steady trickle of Kenyans, many of them rally enthusiasts, and others who are enthusiastic just about everything, and made their way to Naivasha, now gaining a reputation as the "sin city." At some point, new arrivals had formed a beeline stretching some kilometres.

And hotels and other establishments were so heavily booked, some of the visitors stayed put in their vans and cars and what-have-you, their voices hoarse from shouting in the merriment. And some opted to sleep out in the open and watch the moon-if the moon shines on it as well!