Thursday, 1st March 2007

To: Moyale, Kenya

Left camp early in the hopes of spotting wildlife. What with all the spears around, figured they must use them for something. Hey! Wildlife! I thought. Didn't see any, though, until much later, when riding and chatting with Vivian (from Canada). We see 2 little dik-diks (small antelope)! Cool!

Today, we arrived in Kenya. Bye-bye, Ethiopia. Moyale is a neat border town. Amazing contrast just crossing the border, Ethiopia to Kenya. For example, on the Ethiopian side, they have Ethiopian music. Cross the border, go up the hill, and 100 meters away, on the Kenyan side, they have reggae.

Just for fun, have decide3d to keep track of exchange rates:

$1 = 69 Kenyan shillings (got 65.5 at the border)
$1 = 8.8 Ethiopian birr (got 8.0 at the border)
$1 = 210 Sudanese dinar (got 200 at the border)
$1 = 5 Egyptian pounds (I think, if I remember right)

At our campsite, just on the Kenyan side of the border, there were 2 tame ostriches. Neat! Also, 2 more people started sharing a tent tonight. I've been thinking about starting a gossip column, but have decided against it (even though it is quite juicy - tee hee).

------------------ TODAY ------------- TOTAL
Cycled ----------- 84 km (53 mi) ------- 2,969 km (1,849 mi)
Sagged ----------- 0 --------------------- 1,264 km (897 mi)
Total ------------- 84 km (53 mi) ------- 4,233 km (2,746 mi)
In Saddle -------- 5 hours 51 min ------- 187 hours 22 min
Ascended -------- 1,216 feet ------------ 40,695 feet