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 16 March 2007

Kenya ... that was quick

That seemed real quick ... Kenya seemed to fly by!! Not a bad country at all ... but didn't see or experience anything real major and fantastic! The city ... i.e. Nairobi was large, busy and neither beautiful nor ugly. The countryside was great ... but nowhere close to as beautiful (consistently) as Ethiopia or Tanzania so far. The Masai and others were all very well dressed and interesting ... but closer to Egypt in their overbearing want and need to sell and force themselves on you ... BACK OFF!!! I want to relax and enjoy ... not be forced ...

The children were not the problem we originally expected ... it seems that Isiolo was just a real severe outpost of "civilization" and the locals grasped to anything they could get from the tourists at this stage.

So overall ... from what I experienced and saw ... Kenya "WAS". Yes, it merely "was". I'm a little disappointed ... I expected more of it ... it always seems to BE Africa in the books and movies ... but in the end (admittedly flying thru) it was nice ... like a cup of tea.