Stay Eat Do in Kenya

DIANI BEACH TO DO:  Try kitesurfing, surfing and stand up paddle boarding with H2O Extreme the only reputable water sports centre in Diani. Operated from the Kenyaways Kite Village, the instructors are very knowledgeable and have you up and going before you know it! I was SUPing from the first go, was standing on the surf board […]

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Route Nairobi to Crash Site, Kenya

Here is the route of my trip from Nairobi to the crash site (you can move the map around by clicking and holding) Nairobi (blue) to Naivasha (red) – 58 miles (1.5 hours, beautiful escarpment road) – see post here Naivasha to Narok (green) – 80 miles (2 hours good roads all the way) – […]

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Route Mombasa to Nairobi, Kenya

Here is the route of my trip from Mombasa to Nairobi (you can move the map around by clicking and holding) Mombasa (blue) to Diani Beach (red) – 23 miles (1 hour due to Likoni Ferry) – see post here Diani Beach to Tsavo East (green) – 144 miles (5 hours through the Shimba Hills) […]

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The Lure of the Lake & Nairobi Nightmares – Naivasha & Nairobi, Kenya

LAKE NAIVASHA, KENYA 10th – 15th August 2013 Following my crash I spent a week on Lake Naivasha at Mikey’s place. He’s got a nice big farm-style place just on the lake and it’s the perfect place to just sit and crunch through admin – mostly phone calls and emails with my insurers, all of us […]

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The truth about ‘that’ night in Nairobi

So when we were on our travels there were some things that happened which we didn’t feel were appropriate to include in our blog; until now. Because now that we are safely back in the fold and families can see for themselves that we are still in one piece we can admit that things were...
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Day 164…Nairobi- Riding past the first Thorn Tree.

Jambo, My route over the last few days. I left Addis in the pouring rain, that was to be the setting for the 2 days of riding towards the Kenyian […]

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Great people and Goodbyes

Traffic, one thing I have not missed. Nairobi payed us back for all the traffic we had missed over the months. It was bumper to bumper as you entered town, and we quickly decided we needed a toilet, and some lunch. To Warrick’s delight, the first petrol station had a Steers. I needed the...
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