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First views on Ethiopia
#KortpadNoord crossed the border into #Ethiopia. We heard so many nice things about Ethiopia but we are a bit disappointed. The landscape is strikingly beautiful, the food is excellent, the roads are fair but the people have been quite unfriendly and aggressive so far. We have had numerous accounts of locals hurling sticks and throwing … Read more
Tyre problems and we cross the border to Ethiopia
We thought that we are going to have plain sailing today after our #Chalbidesert experience. We had to take a divertion because of roadworks and Charlie got a huge cut in his rear tyre. Eventually after the second attempt to patch the hole, he had to put on his last rear tyre which was only … Read more
Onbeplande afdag in Marsabit
Ons #KortpadNoord manne sit nogsteeds in #Marsabit. Die #Chalbiwoestyn was genadeloos. Na ‘n onbeplande af dag is ons reg om te rol more oggend. Die mense by wie ons bly het mooi gesorg vir ons, baie gawe mense. Henry en sy seun Luke het sommer dadelik aan die werk gespring om vir Charlie ‘n nuwe … Read more
Loyangalani to Marsabit
Yesterday we rolled out from#Loyangalani for #Marsabit. We thought it’s going to be a cool 270km ride with the wind blowing through our hair. Hahahahaha, another 12 hours later we rolled into Marsabit. Dit was hard, baie hard!!! Woestyn, sand, sand, sand en klippe, klippe, klippe!!! Our #Zambesimotorrad #GS1200LC #BMW worked overtime. Die job loop … Read more
Dag 49- Nairobi tot Loyangalani
Day 49, we rolled from #Nairobi to #Loyangalani the #Kortpad way as usual. 400km, 11h30 in the saddle. Petrol en water is maar ‘n skaars item in die geweste so ons moes weer alles mooi vol maak. Droë rivierbedkruisings, sand en klippe was ons voorland virrie dag. The dark caught is and we had to … Read more
We meet Gurkan Genc
We stopped today at a farm stall next to the road to close up our vents of our Rally3 suits. When we rolled past MountKenya on its western side we had temperatures of 16 degrees Celsius. As we were busy with our vents a guy approached us out of nowhere. He is from Turkey and … Read more
Rugby in Isiolo
In uniform at Isiolo, Kenya. We rolled from #Nairobi past MountKenya this afternoon reaching a hight of approximately 2700m kms and descended into the Great Rift Valley on our way to Lake Turkana. We descended almost 1500m over a distance of 10km to where we sleep tonight. KortpadNoord never thought that we would be using … Read more
Ons se totsiens vir Renee
Wel Renetjie se tyd is om in Kenya. Na ‘n moerse lekker week saam met haar in Nairobi moes sy vanoggend wee terugvlieg Suid-Afrika toe. Ons het bikes lat diens, aan die bikes gewerk, olifante en kameelperde gaan uitcheck, die stad gaan beloer, trip gedoen innie skeurvallei in, ek het haar na klomp local plekke … Read more
Great Rift Valley
This morning I gave Renee a bit of a taste on how we roll. We got up at 5am, kitted up and by 6am we rolled through the centre of Nairobi heading for LakeNaivasha. 350km later we rolled into #Nairobi again at 6pm this afternoon. We had a jol, rolling anticlockwise around the lake. On the … Read more