Northern Kenya Isiolo to Moyale
I just wanted to give some feedback of my experience of this route . It was the part of my journey that worried me the most for all the reasons you as over landers have read about or heard about . It has been a few days since crossing into Ethiopia so I have had time to come down from my euphoric state . It was damn tough , the Vespa aside , two long days of riding , but not as bad as some of the reports I have read , soon it will all be tar, not the almost half it currently is. With that the sense of adventure and achievement will be covered by the tar in the next year or two .The landscape has already changed due to all the construction , sad in a way . I never once felt threatened or unsafe , just tired and dusty . I am so glad I decided to ride it , my trans Africa experience is richer for it . Things change quickly so it is prudent to enquire . The advice I got was to ignore the hype and ride and that is the best advice I could have gotten . I almost put the scooter on a truck , everybody told me that would be the best and luckily I did not . The dramatic beauty of that part of the world as I think back just wow.
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