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Cape to Cairo 2010

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25 July (Day 26)

25 Jul

I got back to Nairobi last night and Raring to go. Katie has been serviced and has new tyres (which she was desperately in need of) and feels like a new woman on the road!

We left Jungle junction at 7am to head for Meru where we are spending the night. African towns like Meru seem to all be cut from the same template..20 suspension destroying speed bumps in a half kilometre stretch, the local garbage dump situated alongside the road from the moment you enter to the moment you exit the town, 1 Motel, 1 or 2 fast food restaurants, a petrol station, a bottle store, a butcher and 20 million stalls all selling the same thing and whilst this description doesn’t sound great, they oddly enough have a particular “cobbled together” charm that makes them worth visiting.

I have come to the solid conclusion that the Kenyans are the worst drivers in the WORLD! To the Kenyans, the notion that overtaking on a blind rise or corner should be considered illegal is completely preposterous and met with flashing lights and outrage should one have the audacity to come around such blind rise or corner and be in their way. The law of the jungle definitely applies on the road in east Africa…the bigger you are, the more right of way you have!! Today my life flashed before my eyes at least a dozen times and I now have memories from my childhood that were once long forgotten!!!

Loving being on the road again!

Jungle Junction, Nairobi.

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A large psychological milestone…the equator crossing!

0 stars or 5 stars?

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Gucci’s new shoe boutique in Meru.

Obviously something bigger was on his side of the road!!!

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That certain grungy charm, Meru, not Dale!

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The new Honda Sirafas sports!

 
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Unlike many pleas of this nature, I am not looking for any kind of sponsorship for my trip, but I am looking for your donation, regardless of its size to Afrika Tikkun. Please pledge generously as this is a fantastic cause that will assist them to provide food, care, education, health and social services to those that are desperately in need.
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  1. Marcia de Beer

    July 26, 2010 at 2:00 pm

    UPDATE: Crisis, skidded at high speed into a pothole. Think its the Ngoragora Crater? Smashed my glasses and lost my compass. Can you help? Am I anywhere near you?

     

  2. Roland

    July 26, 2010 at 6:39 pm

    5stars for sure….. if you compare it to Ngora thingy bob lodge… then it’s 0.748 stars…. and that’s the gate alone…..

     

  3. Paul

    July 27, 2010 at 11:51 am

    Great photos of Kenya!

     

  4. Marcia de Beer

    July 27, 2010 at 2:31 pm

    Waited all day for you to arrive .got a lift with an Egyptian mogul in a Lambourgine. Forget Nando’s, see you at Cairo Hilton 11:30pm. Where I will be doing the dance of 107 veils TTFN

     

  5. Marcia de Beer

    July 28, 2010 at 2:35 pm

    DISASTER: Crashed into a Bidalf’s Pantechnicon coming over one of those blind rises. Saw my life flash before me, oh Lordy!! Lost 106 of my veils so am having a problem finding another lift… Flagged down an overloaded bus and am sitting on top with a goat and some chickens. Hope I get to Cairo in time…