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. |
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