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May 12th, 2010 | Africa

Eldoret and on to Nairobi…

Do not try hopping out of these ruts on a big bike, doing 80 kmh… Your Medical Aid will not be amused…

I was back on the nasty roads of western Kenya…with their corrugations, potholes, and heavy traffic heading for Uganda and the Congo…

It was only 140 km to Eldoret, and I […]

May 9th, 2010 | Africa

In Explanation…

Many of you will have noticed that I have been a little “quiet” in recent days… While I must apologise for this, there is a reasonable explanation for it all…

It would seem that there are folk out there that have nothing better to do with their free time, but hack into other people’s websites… […]

May 4th, 2010 | Africa

Long Haul Back to Nairobi…

I was up early this morning, feeling as sick as a parrot… I spent most of the day being ferried around by the hotel driver and Jimmy, one of the managers at the Amohoro Hotel… Jimmy spoke more than passable English, so he had to come along and translate for me… We had to go […]

April 28th, 2010 | Africa

Into Uganda…

Farewell from the staff of the Klique Hotel, Eldoret…

I left Eldoret at 9.00am, after a long and interesting discussion with what seemed like all the male staff of the hotel. They followed me downstairs to the basement, and gathered around the Big Fella, asking questions ten to the dozen, and marveling at […]

April 27th, 2010 | Africa

Changing Hemispheres…

Yep!! This posting comes to you from the Northern Hemisphere! Today’s Crossing of the Equator was a non-event I’m afraid… After passing through the village aptly named “Equator”, I checked my GPS to find that I was still a few points south of the fabled 0’ 00’’.000’’’ mark, and slowed down expecting to see a […]

April 26th, 2010 | Africa

The Wonders of Nairobi… Part 2.

Giraffe House, Nairobi…

You beauty, you… Eye to eye with a giraffe, not something you get to do EVERY Saturday…

I am sure many of you have seen video or TV footage of Giraffe House in Kenya, where the Rothchild’s Giraffe, Daisy, has her head through the window of the house, and […]