Farewell Fundraising Festivie

Time: 29th January, 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm.

Price: 1000 KSH. Children accompanied by adult enter for free.

Place: Isaac Gathanju Road opp. Lavington Green Centre.


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Ben Biking Kenya-Denmark

For only 1000 KSH you can come and enjoy good food, see how you camp your way through Africa, the Middle East and Europe.

You can buy Ben Biking Kenya-Denmark 2011 T-shirts for 1000 KSH and cold drinks and say farewell to Ben Leed who will be motorbiking to Europe raising funds for the youth of Kibera.

For 500 KSH you can get a ride on the back seat of the Honda Transalp 650 XL.

Ben Leed himself will be there answering questions about the trip and explaining that you don't have to be crazy to do a trip like this. But it helps...

Hope to see you all!

Ben 'Biker' Leed

Dust busting ...at the desks

An out of this world crazy bike ride to Amboseli with Riz on KTM could really shut me up. Honestly, I was completely exhausted after a 9 hours ride. Most of it was in the dark and on an almost non existing road. We arrived to the camp one minute before midnight...



At this point (photo) we are both still happy and jolly. Later on especially I had to realize that it's tough riding on off road kind of roads. Maybe the 100 kg more I had to control had something to do with it.

The day after I tried to recover mainly from the dehydration. But how do you do that when you are tired and most of all just want to sleep... And it's 35 degrees.

Back in Nairobi I am now doing the most boring of all preparation. Applying for visas and finding out about insurance in the country to visit. Boring yes - but important!

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En motorcykeltur af en anden verden til Amboseli sammen med Riz på KTM kunne virkelig tage pippet fra mig. Ærligt talt var jeg fuldstændig udmattet efter en 9 timer lang tur. Det meste af turen foregik i mørke og på en næsten ikke eksisterende vej. Vi ankom til lejren et minut før midnat ...

På dette tidspunkt (billedet) er vi begge stadig både glade og muntre. Senere var især jeg nødt til at indse, at det er svært at køre på veje som mest af alt minder om off road. Måske de 100 kg mere jeg havde at holde styr på, havde noget med det at gøre.

Dagen efter forsøgte jeg at komme mig især over dehydreringen. Men hvordan gør man det, når man er træt og mest af alt bare vil sove... Og der er 35 grader.

Tilbage i Nairobi jeg nu i gang med det mest kedelige af alle forberedelser. Ansøger om visum og undersøge forsikringsregler i de lande jeg skal besøge. Kedeligt, ja - men vigtigt!

Riding in Kenya

Tuesday 21^st December I finally got my bike out of the airport. Reconnecting the battery and pouring a couple of liters of petrol in the tank I was ready to ride. A bit more than a week has passed since I finally got my Honda Transalp and almost another 1000 km is now on the clock. Here are some photos of the trips I have made.

Tirsdag den 21. december fik jeg langt om længe min motorcykel ud af lufthavnen. Batteriet blev tilsluttet og med et par liter benzin i tanken, var jeg klar til at køre. Der er gået lidt mere end en uge, siden jeg endelig fik min Honda Transapl og der er kommet ca 1000 km mere på klokken. Her er nogle billeder fra de ture, jeg har været på.

A short break on 28^th December before crossing Equator just outside Nanyuki.

En kort pause den 28. december før jeg krydser Ækvator, lige inden jeg kører ind i Nanyuki.

On 29th I visited Daraja Academy/MS Global Platform where Jen amongst others claimed they were happy to see me. I look very much forward to see you guys again in February when you will be my first stop on my Kenya-Denmark trip.

Den 29. december besøgte jeg Daraja Academy/MS Global Platform, hvor blandt andre Jen sagde, at de var glade for at se mig. Jeg glæder mig meget til at se jer allesammen igen i februar, når I bliver første stop på min Kenya-Danmark tur.

What is better on the last day of the year than go for a ride? Here I am on my way from Ngong to Magadi.

Hvad er bedre at foretage sig på årets sidste dag end at køre sig en tur? Her er jeg på vej fra Ngong til Magadi.

Magadi, which basically is nothing but a soda factory is one of the hottest places on Earth. Why would anyone choose to go there? Well I have to train for Sahara…

Magadi, som faltisk ikke er andet end en sodafabrik, er et af de varmeste steder på Jorden. Hvorfor valgte man at køre derhen? Nå, jeg skal jo træne til Sahara...