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Home » Countries » Kenya » Days 32–36: After every detox, there will be a retox
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Days 32–36: After every detox, there will be a retox

February 17, 2017 3 Comments 1704 Views

After almost three weeks in a strict Muslim country without alcohol, Nairobi has not only been a time of recovery. Safe to say, some of us have been handling the renewed access to beer, wine and even spirits better than others; and writing all consumption onto our open tabs hasn’t been helpful to stop excesses. No one is looking forward to settling our bills at our lodge tonight!

This is just a short note to honor Australia’s most under-appreciated modern poet, Sir Brad Davis (our communications manager 😉 ), who—like many artists before and ever after—has had one of his biggest breakthroughs in a state of assisted creativity. “What a change not to see you at your computer,” he commented on our first evening in Nairobi.—”I’m not going to blog about the rest days . . .  need a break,” I explained, “. . . and don’t think I’ve learnt anything today anyway.”—”How about: After every detox, there will be a retox.”—How true! That quote seemed blog-worthy to me. 😉

On a more serious note, alcohol has just been a minor aspect of our break in Nairobi, fortunately. A few riders took the train to Mombasa and spent some days at the beach; our Australian and Kiwi cyclists have been waiting to sort out their South African visas (for which—contrary to initial expectations—there wasn’t enough time in Khartoum, nor might there be sufficient time in Nairobi!); some took it really easy and spent most of the time just chilling (that’s me!); and a few took the opportunity to catch up with local friends and acquaintances.

Of course, we’v also taken the opportunity to explore Nairobi, to differing degrees. On my end, I’ve joined a group for an early morning safari in the Nairobi National Park, took a local bus to explore Nairobi downtown, and visited the African Heritage House. You’ll find some more comments and photos under each of the above links, as well as photos of our nice camp site here.

 

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3 Comments

  1. Lotta Elofsson Reply
    February 18, 2017 at 4:32 am

    Hi Alex,
    I’m still here reading your blog😀 thanks again for sharing. I’m so glad that you keep it updated even though it takes a lot of time for you to write.
    What days you had in Sudan! Amazing that you made it through.
    Take care and ride safe
    Lotta

  2. John Reply
    February 18, 2017 at 10:37 pm

    Hi Alex,
    I’ve been enjoying reading your blog, thank for putting in the time.
    I’m sure you mentioned this but I must have missed it, why did you skip Ethiopia? Security concerns?

    • Alex Reply
      February 19, 2017 at 2:26 am

      Yes, security concerns. I think the situation has stabilised—haven’t been following latest news, but at least our tour vehicles made the journey without any problems. As far as I know, TDA plans to cycle through Ethiopia again next year. However, at the time when TDA had to make the decision to change the route for this year around Oct/Nov, there was serious inner unrest in Ethiopia.

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