Cycle Reflection | The Kinamba Project
This is a post for guest publication to the Kinamba Project’s July Newsletter. I was lucky enough to visit Meg and the team in Kigali back in October 2011. The full story of my time there can be found here. It would be 7:AM. My alarm clock would ring and from the...
read moreNothing left but Sea…
There are certain days that remain etched in my memory, so strongly engrained it’s as if they’re physical prints. What happened yesterday has, without question, added more wonderful prints to that archive. After almost 18,000km, 2 years and 2 months, I eventually...
read moreAfrica’s Great Surprise | Zambia
Africa always surprises. It’s been a theme of my cycle and in Zambia, a landlocked country in Southern Africa, this hypothesis would be proven true – time, after time, after time. My cycle from Zambia’s border would take me from the under-construction children’s...
read moreSouthern Tanzania & Malawi
Tanzania’s South | Tanzania’s Best After my adrenaline pumped cycle through Mikumi National Park, I headed onwards through Southern Tanzania taking in the cities of Iringa & Mbeya, winding along the green, occasionally busy main road that flanks the railway line...
read moreSOS Children’s Village: Chipata, Zambia
During my cycle across Africa, I’ve been lucky enough to meet other cyclists undertaking extraordinary adventures. Whilst my path & volunteer work covers just Africa, others encompass additional continents and in the case of Matthew Blake, the entire globe. I met Matt...
read more2 out of 5 – The Mikumi Encounter
Ever-surprising Africa is famous for its Safari “Big 5”, storybook animals that include the African Elephant, Cape buffalo, Lion, Leopard and Rhino. Little did I know I was about to meet 2 of them, at the same time, on my bicycle. Cycle to Mikumi National Park After...
read moreIsland Pride: Fahari Zanzibar
At 07:30 my ferry was leaving; goodness me, I needed to be up early. I rushed through Dar es Salaam and boarded Kilimanjaro II, the high speed ferry that was to whisk me to Unguja, the main Island in the Zanzibar Archipelago commonly referred to as Zanzibar. But I...
read moreThe joy of Central Tanzania
After a busy yet wonderful Christmas spent at Life Beads Kenya with Dan, Naivasha Children’s Shelter and the locals at Naivasha Sports Club, it was back to the road where I was excitedly due to join my most supportive friend from back home, Veronica Moretti. Having...
read moreReturn to Naivasha
As the silhouette of Mt Longonot, drew close over the horizon; The red shimmering lake, was all I could set eyes on. With relaxation ahead and the bike needing an "oil it"; Nature decided, Kenny needed "quality time" on the toilet. As Liz & Ruli's Safari sun-downer...
read moreIn Pictures: Bujumbura to Naivasha
After descending into Bujumbura, Burundi, money from Better Life Cycle was put to great use for the wonderful children at the Orphanage of Hearts project (see previous blog post). This video tells the story, in pictures, of my time there and subsequent cycle from...
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