2012 English Channel Swim

7 - 14 September 2012



After having cycled through Africa, completed 5 Ironman Triathlons, run the Comrades Ultra Marathon, Climbed Kili ... I have decided to take on a slightly tougher option ...



... 34km of cold, open water swimming ... leaving the coast of the eternal "wanna-be" soccer nation, over to the "frogs" on the other side ...





Friday 9 March 2007

Impressions of Kenya

Well, to be honest I cannot give you too much details about Kenya (am planning to do a little summary of the first four countries when I get to Arusha) we really have not seen much ... Northern Kenya is arid, dry, hot, empty and has real shit roads!!! But immensely beautiful!

One sees very few people ... but dressed very nicely in traditional garb. Unfortunately they really do not like photos to be taken and get very aggressive if one tries.

There is little to no electricity in the small villages we passed thru ... i.e. no cold drinks. The first real town, and noticeable civilization was Isiolo yesterday. It was quite disappointing with regards to hagglers trying to sell stuff, and many, many beggars and street children.

The children here are very scruffy, don't smile, beg continually and are all sniffing glue and other drugs. It was quite disappointing ... but we'll see how this changes further south.

On a positive note ... we DID get ice cream ... YEEHA.

cheers for now!