Overview

• Thomasgood said her decision to travel to Kenya in 1994 was driven by childhood trauma and an unhappy marriage.
• After meeting Daniel Lekimencho at the Bamburi Beach Hotel in Mombasa, she left her husband and three children to join him in Kenya’s Samburu region.
• The couple married on Valentine’s Day in 1995 in traditional Masai attire and later had daughter Mitsi before divorcing in 1999.
• Thomasgood attributes the split to stark cultural clashes and Lekimencho’s growing focus on material wealth after moving to the UK.
• She warns prospective travellers to think carefully before pursuing holiday romances and says Daniel now works in a supermarket on the Isle of Wight.