As well as hitting one whole year on the road, this week also marks the first hot shower we’ve had in about six weeks – and the first time I’ve washed my hair with shampoo in about three. We had this taste of luxury while staying with Richard in Kigali...
Week Fifty-One: Simon Pegg Sorted Us Out
Week Fifty: Are We There Yet?
Boy has it been a tough week this week. After leaving our lovely beachside camp, we caught a much shorter ferry from the west side of the Ssese Islands back to the mainland and planned to make a beeline for Rwanda. And with only 257 km from the ferry terminal to the border, we should have been there already. But we’re not…
Week Forty-Nine: Every Matatu For Himself
Week Forty-Eight: a-NILE-hilated
The First Post
I never thought I’d see Dan in a Middlesbrough shirt and I never thought we’d cycle to New Zealand. Yet Dan now owns one and we’re cycling to New Zealand next week. Next week. I still can't believe either.
Over the last couple of years, this trip has evolved from a simple, short backpacking adventure into an all-out, guns blazing 12- to 18-month cycle to the other side of the world. I’m still not quite sure how that happened, if I’m honest...