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May 18th, 2010 | Africa The truck breaks down just a short distance from the Al-Yusra Hotel… Not a good start to the day… When I woke this morning, I felt as though I had been ridden over by a truck, rather than sitting in one for 30 hours… The muscles in my back and shoulders, arms and […] May 17th, 2010 | Africa We shivered as we passed the sign…and not because we felt the effects of the cold desert air…!! Single track through thick desert sand in places… Just outside Isiolo, is a road sign (one of very few you will encounter between Nairobi and Isiolo) that basically says it all… “Marsabit 277km […] May 16th, 2010 | Africa Leaving Nairobi was a disconcerting experience for me… I was packed and ready when Steve arrived in the taxi to lead me to where the truck was waiting… I was excited to be back on the road again, continuing on this journey which has become my life for the next few years… But I was […] May 15th, 2010 | Africa Today I will be leaving the extremely comfortable and pleasant environs of Karen, Nairobi, where I have spent the last week safely ensconced in the hospitality and generosity of Angela and Roger Gauntlett, and their two delightful daughters, Gemma and Abby, and heading north through the “Badlands of Northern Kenya”… I have been told that […] May 14th, 2010 | Africa Having spent the last week entwined in the lives of Gemma and Abby Gauntlett, has been great fun, but has also served as a reminder to me of what I lost out on with my own daughters… So while the games of UNO and Top-Trumps were being played, Chameleons were being searched for, homework was […] May 13th, 2010 | Africa It has hardly stopped raining since I arrived back in Nairobi… The roads are flooded, traffic is a nightmare and accidents are commonplace… Cars are forced to avoid water-filled potholes, and in doing so, usually end up stuck in a ditch or cause mayhem by driving on the wrong side of the road… |
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