Life on the Road While resting for a few days here in Nairobi , I thought some of you might be interested in how the trip is going day to day. This really is life on the road - all we own is packed in the back of the car. If it doesn't fit, it doesn't come. Shelter, clothes, food, spares for the car - it's all here with us. The Land Rover is the car we all have. Thiemo bought them all in London, had much of the servicing and fitting out done there and th...

Moyale to Nairobi The road from Moyale in Kenya until nearly to Nairobi is, according to Thiemo and Debs, the worst road in Africa. We had, ahead of us, two days of solid driving through the northern desert of Kenya. The roads are in such a condition that we were to travel them at an average speed of no more than 25km/hr. In addition we had to make our targets each day, whether we broke down or not, as bush camping in this region is not an option - this is ...

From Addis to the border We knew the next few days were going to be tiring. We had a two day drive to the border between Ethiopia and Kenya and then two more days of very tiring driving after that. First of course we had to get out of Addis. We were just in time to experiennce the delights of peak hour traffic there. A three lane road was really built for five lanes, wasn't it?? With traffic coming from all sides it was a challenge to stay together in...

Addis Ababa We left Bahir Dar after a final night there for Addis Ababa. We weren't sure how many nights we were spending there as by now the group had accumulated quite a lot of flat tyres that needed repair before we hit the roads of northern Kenya. Theimo was to try and get them done on thhe first day, but as it was a Sunday, we were prepared for an extra day. We wanted o go to the National Museum to see Lucy, the oldest hominid remains so far found,...

Lalibela - there and back again Lalibela is one of the biggies of Ethiopia and we had been looking forward to it. We drove 60 km back towards Gonder on the tar, then turned off to the east onto a dirt road. The Ethiopians have decided to rebuild the road to their biggest attraction, but have decided to do all 200 km in one hit. So instead of finishing a small section and moving on, the entire stretch is a complete mess, with every kilometre at some...