All posts in “Cape Town to Kampala”

CT to KLA – Hills, more hills and a border

May 6, 2015 / Comments Off on CT to KLA – Hills, more hills and a border
One down, nine to go. Or eight, depending on how we feel. After a couple of delays and general laziness we are finally able to tick off one whole country. But I’m jumping ahead of myself…

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CT to KLA – Cape Town

April 16, 2015 / Comments Off on CT to KLA – Cape Town
It’s official. This isn’t some elaborate hoax or cry for help (okay, maybe it is…), we’re actually going to cycle to Kampala. We’ve got bikes and everything.

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Getting serious feat. Charity

March 27, 2015 / Comments Off on Getting serious feat. Charity
Over the past few months I’ve spent a reasonable amount of time emailing people and generally talking to people about this adventure Nick and I are going on. Around January I started the email or conversation something like this:

I’m vaguely thinking about going on a little bike ride…

Then, when things started getting serious, that transitioned to:

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Should I have done that?

March 16, 2015 / Comments Off on Should I have done that?
I made a mistake whilst doing the little research for this trip that I actually have done. I looked into all the dangerous animals I might meet – specifically hippos after I encountered one last week whilst building a bridge.

Oh, and there’s a hippo which lives under where the bridge will go

Me – 2015

Just makes falling in the river even worse

Unconcerned friend – 2015

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