Day 122 - 123 - Kenya bound We left the village and the violent, shouting people behind and drove back to Konso then on towards Kenya. We said a sad goodbye to Gutrun and Peter, two lovely travelling companions and we and Darren and Ineka headed towards Kenya. Although Biggles was now behaving himself, their Nissan Patrol "Brutus" had lots of problems. Firstly their extra wide Goodrich tyres kept getting punctures - they had had 18 before we met up with ...

Day 117 - 121 - THE OMO VALLEY The Omo Valley in Ethiopia is a very remote part of the country - home to many tribes and wild animals. We were therefore pleased to hook up with Peter and Gutrun in their UniMog and Darren and Ineka in their Nissan Patrol and go in convoy. We left Awassa and travelled about 100km towards Arba Minch when all of a sudden the car started rocking backwards and forwards as if we were riding a horse: both the back shock absorbers...

AWASA AND ARBA MINCH We said our goodbyes to Craig and left for the south of the country - pleased to have fixed the problems on the car. This time confident we could get to our next destination - Arba Minch. However, it was not to be...as we drove about 100 km from the capital we lost all power in the accelerator and presumed it was caused by a tear in a hose connecting our radiator and turbo. We fixed it with a tyre repair plaster and when it continued...

Day 112 - 117 Lalibella to Adis Ababa We left Gonder at 7am and drove for a full day to Lalibella, the site of incredible rock hewn churches. Again the roads were bone-rattlers but the scenery spectacular. Children ran from all directions as we passed, chasing us with their hands in the air - we felt like we were in a zombie movie! Arriving in Lalibella we camped in the grounds of another hotel (there are no campsites in Ethiopia but you can set...

Day104 - 105 Khartoum to Galabat (South Sudan) We were sad to leave Khartoum, a city we'd grown to like very much having spent over a week there. We headed south east towards the Ethiopian border and spent our first night bush camping in a field at the edge of the Nile near Was Madani. Although a beautiful spot we were kept up all night by lorries thundering past on the main road. The following day we refuelled in Gedaref with the dirtiest diesel w...