THE RIDE 5/7

Nothing is Easy in Nairobi

So it rained most of the night, and I shouldn’t take pleasure in this, but it did make the $50 for the two nights seem like better value!...

Sat 4th March Convoy day. Apparently our last convoy before Cape Town. My tent pitch was a winner. I woke up with a largely dry tent,...

Yesterday we did our scavenger hunt. It was fun day. We had been supplied with our list of tasks, which we had started the day before....

Lying in my tent listening to the rain drops. I have had a fitful sleep, dreaming about a town and murders- people say the dreams are due...

The rest day was over too soon. I awoke more tired than I had been before I rested! I'm not sure how much of that is due to staying up...

So we are back on the road well and truly now, and also back online. With our crossing into Kenya we were reintroduced to internet,...

Thursday 15 Feb Chasing the shade we balance our camp chairs on the uneven ground of our bush camp. Halfway through our second game of...

Wed 21st feb After one day of riding in the last eight it is with some trepidation that I boarded my bike this morning. We breakfasted...

Tuesday 20th feb An army of land cruisers bouncing across the dirt track. Windows open a crack, protecting against the dust, creating a...

We have finished the first page of the tour schedule. Before the tour started we received a three page schedule, outlining the distances...