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September 12 – day 83
We woke up early in Liasamis, after a quick check, Dirk discovers that the stirring rod has broken for the third time! We find a welder and reinforce it with an extra piece of metal, now it must hold. It … Continue reading
September 11 – day 82
Again a day of driving through the dust over rambling roads, we drove from Marsabit to Laisallas, which is small town in the middle of Kenia. Underway we have met two Geman adventurers. One on a 24 years old BMW … Continue reading
September 10 – day 81
It’s desert day today, we have a whole day to cross a desert which is a 130 km drive, an extremely bad road. Dirk told us that the roads in Mongolia are very good compared to this! Because of the … Continue reading
September 9 – day 80
We are in Kenia, for us it’s the third country, for Dirk and Trudy the eleventh. We’re going to have a tough ride ahead of us, especially for the cars, the roads are terrible, extremely big holes, rocks and some … Continue reading
September 8 – day 79
We drive today to the border town Moyale, slowly the nature get dryer and the green hill we saw in Ethiopia are gone. It’s a short distance to the border, so we arrive well on time, we even have time … Continue reading
September 7 – day 78
This morning Dirk found, after a thorough check, that the steering axe of the T-Ford is broken, it needs to be welded and after a few hours of working on the car we are ready to go. Today it’s Arnaud’s … Continue reading
September 6 – day 77
Na drie dagen met twee land rovers gaan we weer op pad met de T-Ford, we beginnen de dag echter met een bezoek aan de Konso stam. We gaan naar een dorp vlak in de buurt van ons hotel, een … Continue reading
September 5 – day 76
Back to Konso, we drive from Jinga and halfway we’re going to visit a local market. There are two tribes who come together to sell there goods. They are all dressed in there traditional clothes, a colourful spectacle. Tonight we … Continue reading
September 4 – day 75
Today we visited the Mursi tribe, these people live quite isolated in the inlands of Ethiopia so we have a tough drive over bad roads and several rivers. We drive with the Land rover and a hired Toyota Landcruiser, the … Continue reading
September 3 – day 74
We slept well in our luxurious hotel in Konso, we chose this place to store the T-Ford for a couple of days for we are going to visit some tribes and the roads to get there are not suitable for … Continue reading
