Kenyan Wheat Farms Stage 40 - Isiolo to Nanuki 71km 4:20 - 16.6 avg 4500 vertical Climbing to about 8000, everything changes, looking like eastern Idaho farm country, wheat farms, potatoes, pines and other trees. At top coffee shop that could have been in Sonoma wine country. A hot coffee and french [...]

Bus day around warring tribes and bandits outside Laimasis Kenya working our way steadily towards the equator. These boys keep us safe. Some people here have traded in spears for AK47’s. Had to ride around warring tribes

Local woman come to camp to sell jewelry Entrance to school Graham from the Isle of Mann Stage 37 - Marsabit to Laisamis 97km, 4:03 hr, 24.1 kph, 70.5 kph max High winds buffeted our tents during the night. The rider meeting was rolled back to 06:00 making for [...]

Sister Mary Rest Day -  what is it and what do you do? Once in a while, about every four or five days, we get a rest day. Today is one. I slept in till 07:00 after a tough day yesterday, stomach still seems queasy and feeling about 70% and I [...]

Sister Mary Ann Stage 36 - Turbi to Marsabit 122.5 km, 18kph, Avg 7:10 hrs, 3000 vertical (guess) Hot! Headwind! Hills! Long day with headwind that slowed us to a crawl as we rode across a lava landscape that looked like mars. Few people and towns as we worked for [...]

Five hours riding through desert with no socks Stage 35 - Moyale to Turbi Kenya 137km, 5hrs, 26kph A whole different ride.  Nice down hill with tail wind to start the day.  It finished with a 30 - 40 mph crosswind gusts. To me Kenya seems more colorful, the dress, the [...]

Leaving Ethiopia- bittersweet The camels are back Stage 34 - Bush camp to Moyale Kenya 86km, 3.5 hrs, 20kph (approximately) Very difficult riding day even though it wasn’t too far. My legs felt like I peddled the whole way in sand, uphill and against the wind. Big thunder [...]

Any vehicle traveling is generally packed full in southern Ethiopia Tribes of Omo Valley  Hammer Tribe second wives Termite mounds Norwegian girl cycling Solo Stage 33 - Konso to Yabello 87km, 18.3 kph, avg 2600 vertical 6hrs This ride had a little of everything as we continued south to the [...]

Stage 32 88kms, 20kph climbing unk Our first real stretch of dirt and rocks combined with headwinds, hot weather and sharp climb at the end had a little in it for everyone. Many kids had long machetes but were not too ill tempered. Remarkable number of small women with massive loads [...]

Stage 30 & 31 We took a small bus on what would have been these stages due to some social unrest and demonstrations. We are now in a town call Arba Minch over looking the Rift Valley, the place where our ancestors lived about 3 - 4m years ago. Our camp was [...]