Down Right Kenya  

…or 22 of 23 as i get a different number each time i count up (that maths degree proving really useful again!)…but either way Kenya is just down the road!!!
…we are currently in the capital renamed adidas abababa of the aforespecified country more commonly known as ethiopia…and although still a fair few miles (but now [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on February 27th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Well our arrival and Addis has been an event of sadness and happiness, ‘but how can this be Mark?’ I hear you ask.
Well let me start from where we last said goodbye…..
I think we were a few days from getting into Ethiopia, the last of Sudan was good to us and we were sad to [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on February 22nd, 2009 | 3 Comments »

 Before I get to Ethiopia I just wanted to share this beautiful moment where Xina flagged down the water melon truck after a long hot dusty day in Sudan.
 
 
The beauty of this scene and the relief we all felt at the prospect of cool, refreshing watermelon at the end of a hard day was improved [...]

Filed under: Sam, Team: Safari Njema on February 17th, 2009 | 3 Comments »

We are currently having a day of rest here in Khartoum after a fantastic week or so in northern Sudan. For me (Simon) Sudan was the country that gave me the biggest concern when we were planning the route; all we ever see of Sudan is limited to a very small area in the south-west. What [...]

Filed under: Simon, Team: Spork on February 14th, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Thanks Andy and Rob for the horribly time-consuming task of developing and uploading these rolls of film!  Until I work out how to transfer them to the DRK Flikr account, they are on show here; probably best viewed using the ‘Slide Show’ function.
I’ll get the remainder (everything from Luxor on) processed when I return.  Oh [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on February 11th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Well, Sarah kindly painted a great picture of the riding we have also been having over the last week since I wrote in Dongola, so all the flowery descriptions can be left out on this blog:)
Crossing the desert was pretty hot, but as yet it hasnt got any cooler, we are now one day away [...]

Filed under: Uncategorized on February 6th, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Well as the title of this post suggests, Safari Njema (currently PK, Xina, Sam and yours truly) are now having a bit of time out here in sweltering Khartoum. We’ve been in Sudan 2 weeks now, and we’re still not used to this dry, hot heat! On riding days we usually have a 3-4 hours [...]

Filed under: Sarah, Team: Safari Njema on February 5th, 2009 | 2 Comments »