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Gareth & Kirsty arrived briefly at Karen Camp, Nairobi and it was good to see them again. They’d been hanging around trying to get Visas for Ethiopia and had finally got a flat ‘NO!” The same answer they got in … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2014
The Turkana tribal dancing went on past dusk and late into the night. It’s not so much ‘dance’ as foot-stamping, springing into the air and chanting. Is this where the Punk Rock craze got their inspiration? Probably not, or Punk … Continue reading
The Tribal Festival at Lake Turkana is held in Kenya’s old ‘Northern Frontier District’ renowned for warring tribes and roving bandits. It’s one of the bleakest, most remote regions of Kenya and it takes a hell of an effort to … Continue reading
We left our muddy hill camp at Maralal just after sunrise to pick up our Ascari (armed escort) ahead of another long, hard day’s drive. Unfortunately when we got to the Police HQ the Chief of Police was having his … Continue reading
We limped the car 30km from Ilariak camp into Narok town where Moses had found us a small workshop that could look at the chassis and the brakes. It was pretty basic but the owner / mechanic Paulo seemed confident … Continue reading
Just to ram home the lunatic driving on Serengeti tracks by some tour drivers, before we left Seronera Tumbili Camp we met a Kenyan chap. He’d just completed a 3-day Safari in Serengeti with a Saudi Prince and his entourage … Continue reading
Leaving Snake Park Camp for Ngorongoro Crater we briefly met a German family who recently flew their bike and home-made sidecar into Mombassa and are heading south. Nice guys, but they’ve got a real task on their hands – they’ve … Continue reading
With our reconditioned axel in place we left Jerome in Lushoto, back down the Usambara hairpins to the plains and headed 280km north west to Moshi. We just did a quick overnight stop at The Keys Annex camping and accommodation … Continue reading
I don’t think either of us was disappointed to leave the Dar Es Salaam area and we were looking forward to some beach-time further north. Helene drove, as my leg was too raw to be able to work the clutch … Continue reading
Just outside Iringa we stayed at Kisolanza – The Old Farmhouse. There’s no dramatic scenery around, but the campsite itself is a great place for a couple of days stopover. Setup on a farm, it’s based around a mud-built dwelling … Continue reading