Traveling to Mombasa

The original plan, meticulously planned by FC Utrecht's travel department, had called for a swift domestic flight from Nairobi's Wilson Airport directly to Mombasa. It was efficient, logical, and designed to minimize travel fatigue for their young professional.

However, over a leisurely breakfast on the veranda of Malik's Kilimani home, a different, more adventurous idea began to take shape, championed with infectious enthusiasm by Malik himself and surprisingly, readily endorsed by the usually pragmatic Coach Samson Juma.

"A road trip, man! We absolutely have to do a road trip!" Malik had declared, his eyes alight with excitement as he gestured expansively, nearly knocking over a glass of freshly squeezed passion fruit juice.