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Monthly Archives: June 2014

Africa

Rwanda: Kigali today

30 June 2014 Stephen Armitage Leave a comment

Appearing like the Emerald City, Kigali’s tall multi-story glass offices tower over the top of the surrounding hills. Kigali is like no other capital i’ve visited in Africa…

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Uganda: Queen Elizabeth National Park

27 June 2014 Stephen Armitage Leave a comment

In Uganda, you are allowed to visit the national parks with a motorcycle. The excitement and the opportunity to ride in a park without barriers between me and the wild animals outweighed caution and off i went to visit Queen Elizabeth National Park.

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Kenya: Taking the back road to Lake Baringo

16 June 2014 Stephen Armitage 2 Comments

The road to Olarabel is nice tar, where i turn off onto a nice dirt road. It’s pleasant riding through small villages where people stop and wave back. I end up on a downhill section where the track narrows, turns, becomes steeper and the tyre width path is flanked by scree. I’m stuck. I can’t back up or turn around…

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Catholic chapel built by Italian POW’s

14 June 2014 Stephen Armitage Leave a comment

On the old main road from Namibia to Nakuru that descends an escarpment into the Rift Valley, i come across a small Catholic chapel, built by Italian prisoners of war in 1942.

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Orphaned elephants in Nairobi

12 June 2014 Stephen Armitage 2 Comments

The David Sheldrick Elephant Trust nursery looks after orphaned elephants from birth to 3 years old, before they are sent to a rehabilitation centre in Tsavo National Park for integration into an existing heard.

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The Sani Pass, South Africa • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14374289306/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
There is a tarif if you hit an animal while driving on the A7 through the Mikumi National Park in Tanzania • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14209493690/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
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Steve on the bare metal gurney in triage at Mazabuka District Hospital, Zambia • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14660371473/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
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Coaches and lorries are on a schedule, so drive fast and stir up dust! Near Mbeya, Tanzania. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14209462918/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
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