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A Rain-Soaked Journey from Monforte de Lemos to León: Discovering the CaminoOctober 21, 2024 - 4:24 am
Are You Deep or Superficial? Thoughts From A 9th Century Benedictine Monastery In SpainOctober 19, 2024 - 4:45 pm
Returning to Portugal: The Journey ContinuesOctober 4, 2024 - 2:28 pm
13 Rules To Live By—From A Life On The RoadMarch 15, 2023 - 8:19 am
Lost & Lucky—The Continuing Saga of My Greek Tragedy—No Bags Or Bike— Limbo on ParosMarch 8, 2023 - 11:09 am
A Greek Tragedy: My Motorcycle Is In Pieces & My Luggage Lost.March 2, 2023 - 7:05 pm
Stones thrown or throwing stones. Breaking mirrors in Ethiopia.
/3 Comments/in Africa, Ethiopia, Travelogue /by allanThe road from Konso to Yabelo is slow going at times and others it’s easy to pick up the pace — albeit with the usual chattering noises of spitting gravel and stones and the incessant vibration of the handlebars and other parts on the bike. Pissed that I came this way only to turn around […]
Hard Rains Come & Gone
/0 Comments/in Africa, Ethiopia, Travelogue /by allanWhen I started this journey nearly three years ago Ethiopia wasn’t on my list of countries. And I’m not sure why. But I’m more than pleasantly surprised. And happy. It’s hard to express. This feeling I’ve got about Ethiopia. Beyond the images of malnourished children, the stories told by Bob Geldof or the warnings of […]
Ripped Off In Kenya, And The Amazing Return.
/1 Comment/in Africa, Kenya, Travelogue /by allanWhat was supposed to be an early start for the Ethiopian border crossing now was looking to be a mid-afternoon departure. First things first. I had to get the bike unloaded from the lorry. My preference was to unload it somewhere away from the hustle and bustle of this Kenya border town. Getting both the […]
No Man’s Land: Nairobi to Moyale.
/2 Comments/in Africa, Kenya, Travelogue /by allanWith the rain pelting the windshield and the windshield wipers offered additional percussion to the Kenyan music blasting distortedly through the trucks sole speaker I knew I was in for a long ride. I didn’t have much information either. Sitting in a cab with my driver Abdulah and Sofia, a young 14 year old girl […]
No Rain, Rocks nor Rough Roads Will Hold Me Back: To Ethiopia.
/7 Comments/in Africa, Kenya, Travelogue /by allanConcerned about the road that goes from Nairobi north through Marsabit into Ethiopia, I’d been warned by Chris and others that the route is perhaps the rockiest and most incessant display of corrugation this side of Latin America. Glenn Heggsted, the legendary Norwegian-American who traveled around the world on the same bike a few years […]
Nestled in Nairobi at the Junction!
/8 Comments/in Africa, Kenya, Travelogue /by allanJust outside of the city center tucked behind a tall black gate inscribed with the initials J.J. is an overlander oasis run by German ex-pat Christof. With a large greenbelt ideal of camping and parking overland Land Cruiser, Land Rovers and motorcycles, Jungle Junction also sports a guest house with several rooms, some with private […]
The Ides of March
/1 Comment/in Africa, Kenya, Travelogue /by allanFirst it was the Ugandans who wanted to be sure their flag was represented on the WorldRider machine. Later the Kenyans added their flag but wanted a few shillings – I traded a WorldRider Sticker! It was the Ides of March that he was forewarned, the day Caesar was assisinated by the “liberators” in an […]