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April 16th, 2011 | Asia

The “Water Huts”…

The resort that we fondly referred to as The Water Huts…

Feeding time for the Koi… Small packets of fish pellets were on sale at reception, and almost every visitor spent time and money feeding the fish…

The week I spent at the Baan Chay Namm Resort was on the whole, […]

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 16th, 2010 | Africa

Dodoma Days…

Big Fella had pride of place on the porch of the Nam Hotel…

The management of the Nam Hotel are probably still shaking their heads, well after my departure… I became firm friends with most of the staff, and when I left this morning, they even offered me another night, free of charge […]

April 11th, 2010 | Africa

Tanzania…in Daylight this time…!!

Parked out side Room 5, Club Marina… Ready to ride to Iringa…

Breakfast was a forgettable affair, but as it was included in the price, I decided to get my stomach filled for the long day ahead… I planned to ride non-stop (ha-ha !!) to Iringa, over 500 kms to the north-east of […]

April 10th, 2010 | Africa

Karonga on the Lake…

With tyres strapped securely on, we are ready to roll…

"Can you fit anything else on…!!" asked Carol, keen to make me some sandwiches for the road…

While the house still slumbered, I quietly carried all my kit through to the garage where Big Fella stood waiting… Getting tyres tied on […]

April 1st, 2010 | Africa

Three countries in a day… Part 1.

Breakfast in the Gecko Garden dining room, at 6.00am as promised…

I rolled out of Harare at 6.30am and headed north-east on the A2. Traffic was light and I made good time, hoping to get to the border by 9.00am, as I had about 800 kms to ride today… To the east of […]