Hello again. As mentioned in my previous entry, I would not be updating again until the evening of Sunday the 25th (tonight) and thought it appropriate to share the events of the last few days.
I went to the UK to watch my daughter graduate from University and to spend a few days with my beautiful wife whilst mybike was being serviced and tyres changed at KTM in Nairobi. Before any of you start screaming foul at the slight diversion, (as some already have), its not like I had the bike ridden to the Egyptian border on my behalf and I am simply riding in the last few kilometres, I will still be doing the entire trip as planned.
Oddly, there are some that have the idea in their mind that a pre-requisite for doing the Cape to Cairo trip is that one is limited to a single pair of jocks, a pair of socks, miserable food, flea infested accomodation (when not camping on a rubbish dump) and bathing once a week. The idea that I would spend a few days in London was considered sacriligious by some to the whole ideal of the C2C trip so let me correct things, whilst C2C on a budget is certainly a possibility, it was never our intention to do it like that and equally, neither was it our intention to do it 5 star all the way which is in fact a possibility too. Our trip thus far has been a comfortable mix of the flea infested kind right up to the conde naste award winners which has given us an opportunity to see the best and the worst of what this trip has to offer and thus obtain a properly balanced perspective….London Included!
Dale on the other hand spent a few fantastic days riding the regions around Nairobi and cant stop raving about Lake Naivasha, Lake Baringo and the Rift Valley, all of which look awesome from the pictures. I am a little envious!
Massey Ferguson with Mount Kenya in the background.
The rift valley
Lake Naivasha
Kindred spirits!!
Proud Dad and Tamalin…FREE legal advice for the rest of my Life…arrivadecci ADJ!!
Andrew de Jongh
July 26, 2010 at 4:42 am
Ahhhhhhh….young Nobre, so naive, there be no such thing as free legal advice, bet you she bills you at LEAST double my rate!!
Andrew de Jongh
July 26, 2010 at 5:13 am
Oh, and WELL DONE to Tam, that is awesome news, I have no doubt that she will be a fantastic lawyer!
Roland
July 26, 2010 at 6:35 pm
Please do tell us how you really feel about those that question your perceived lack of “suffering” 🙂 I don’t think it was made very clear in your post :)))
on the side note, I hope free legal advise offer is not time sensitive and is extended to those that post regularly (for humor sake, no other reason) on this particular interweb outlet.
back in the saddle for you boys.
LES
July 28, 2010 at 1:28 pm
Looks like you are having fun go safely.