Every so often Rik gets in touch - "Dude I've got an idea", I find its ususaly best to roll with it.
This year we went to explore the Kenyan bike Odyssey
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| Riding along a narrow piece of Single track where the track had washed away |
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| My bike flew in a fancy Evoc Bag, Rik's bike protected only by 2 sheets of cardboard and a plastic back. Guess who's brake discs got bent on the flight...Whyd oes this happen to me |
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| Good morning Nairobi! Double breakfast at the campsite |
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| Doing my best Influencers in the Wild impression at the campsite pool |
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| Packed up and ready to roll! |
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| Escaping Nairobi - appranetly if traffic is bad it's cool to drive on the pavement |
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| Riding through tea plantations |
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| Day 1 stopped early at a hotel with heat exhaustion - hotel though it was appropitate to put hot water bottles in our beds???? |
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| Kenya had bog too (but not very much) |
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| One of the best things about the route is all the differnt landscapes we rode through |
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| Ostrich! |
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| Insert Zebra crossing pun here |
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| Fishermans camp Lake Naivasha |
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| My enemy - the Monkey that stole our M&M |
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| So many birds that I had no idea what they were |
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| Hippo at the campsite. Electic fence was hurriedly turned on |
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| Warthogs! |
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| Dissapointing lunch at Petrol station. Bikepacking - not all glamorus |
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| Earth Camp - geothermal sauna |
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| I was sceptical, but was actually amazing! |
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| Views over Sleeping warrior |
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| Earth Camp |
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| Avo lime and tempura veg starter, best meal of the trip. |
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| Saying good bye to Kaz, leaving Earth camp |
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| Obsidian 'track' |
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| Kenya - strong avocado game |
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| Eating super noodles in the rain - this is not what we came on holiday for! |
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| Wildlife shots on the move. 5 mins earlier I fell off my bike doing this |
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| Maybe not the backup water source we thought. |
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| Flamingos! |
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| Taking a break in Soysambu |
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| Weetabix and chocolate spread - breakfast of champions |
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| Off route to Nakuru to get key supplies |
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| Menengai Crater - spectacular |
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| Midge bites from Eburru forest |
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| Thermarest fixing aided by campsite pool |
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| Dodgy looking shower electrics |
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| The Equator! |
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| Gods bridge view point |
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| the down before the big hike a bike |
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| Cheering school kids |
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| Tenges camp, downed both immediately on arrival |
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| Valentines day - apparently it's a big thing in Kenya |
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| More Valentines shenanigans, I think the hotel staff were confused that we weren't a couple |
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| Make your own energy drink |
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| Dropping down into the rift valley |
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| about 1000m descent |
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| Where Rik broke a spokes |
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| or two |
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| Campstie owner gave us umbreallas to shelter from the sun - must have looked miserable it was so hot |
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| boat trip on Lake Baringo |
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| Crocodiles! |
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| Hippos! |
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| African Eagle |
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| We ride at dawn. |
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| the final day of riding |
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| Herding the local cows |
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| Where I sent my leftover holiday money |
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| Back in Nairobi, final night |
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| Flamingos! |
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| Sheltering from the sun |
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| Swimming in Lake Baringo, too hot to not jump in. |
