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Impunity
#1 Posted : Wednesday, July 03, 2019 12:04:05 AM
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The husband and wife left the country on July 2 last year in a quest to be not only the first Kenyans but also the first African couple to travel across the seven continents while riding on motorcycles. The bikers have been in South America for the past eight months, so far covering more than 23,300km since the journey started in Nairobi.



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bwenyenye
#2 Posted : Wednesday, July 03, 2019 1:40:38 PM
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Obi 1 Kanobi
#3 Posted : Wednesday, July 03, 2019 4:50:40 PM
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Impunity wrote:
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The husband and wife left the country on July 2 last year in a quest to be not only the first Kenyans but also the first African couple to travel across the seven continents while riding on motorcycles. The bikers have been in South America for the past eight months, so far covering more than 23,300km since the journey started in Nairobi.



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Wow, I am so envious, good on them.
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amorphous
#4 Posted : Wednesday, July 03, 2019 5:04:39 PM
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bwenyenye wrote:
Now this is living..


he he he he. No it is not, trust me.



From their story he quit his job and she sold her business and they also sold furniture (meaning they did not even own their own home) and jipangad only for the first year. How do you plan a 3 year journey with finances for 1 year and have no plan afterwards? Assuming they even had a plan for the whole three years, they will come back to nothing. And like every long term traveler knows (including them) travel burnout is real. Ask anyone who has been traveling for more than 2-3 years straight. After a while the thrill is gone and you just want to put down roots and be in one place. There is no joy like being in one place. If they owned their own home, rented it out and said they were riding for a year and coming back before doing other things it would make sense. But three years with iffy plans is suicidal. Then there is the issue of visas. So far they have been passing through countries with visa free entry for Kenyans. Wacha wafike Tijuana and meet those dropout USCIS kurutu officers hapo waiting to hear their story about applying for a visa into the USA with no job, little money and after riding through drug producing countries! If they make it past USA border they would have been very, very lucky.
In the final analysis, it all boils down to sheer plain old hard work and dogged persistence. Nothing more, nothing less!!
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Kusadikika
#5 Posted : Wednesday, July 03, 2019 5:28:22 PM
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amorphous wrote:
bwenyenye wrote:
Now this is living..


he he he he. No it is not, trust me.



From their story he quit his job and she sold her business and they also sold furniture (meaning they did not even own their own home) and jipangad only for the first year. How do you plan a 3 year journey with finances for 1 year and have no plan afterwards? Assuming they even had a plan for the whole three years, they will come back to nothing. And like every long term traveler knows (including them) travel burnout is real. Ask anyone who has been traveling for more than 2-3 years straight. After a while the thrill is gone and you just want to put down roots and be in one place. There is no joy like being in one place. If they owned their own home, rented it out and said they were riding for a year and coming back before doing other things it would make sense. But three years with iffy plans is suicidal. Then there is the issue of visas. So far they have been passing through countries with visa free entry for Kenyans. Wacha wafike Tijuana and meet those dropout USCIS kurutu officers hapo waiting to hear their story about applying for a visa into the USA with no job, little money and after riding through drug producing countries! If they make it past USA border they would have been very, very lucky.


There are people who are more adventurous than others. You don't have to be adventurous yourself to acknowledge that they have something special. It is a leap of faith and an act of courage to take up a journey like this.

I totally disagree with you when you say they will come back to nothing. They will come back with a rich priceless experience of life. Their children, their nieces, their nephews will be exposed to something different than the children of parents whose greatest adventure is to go eat nyama choma in Olepolos.
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amorphous
#6 Posted : Wednesday, July 03, 2019 5:47:40 PM
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Kusadikika wrote:

There are people who are more adventurous than others. You don't have to be adventurous yourself to acknowledge that they have something special. It is a leap of faith and an act of courage to take up a journey like this.

I totally disagree with you when you say they will come back to nothing. They will come back with a rich priceless experience of life. Their children, their nieces, their nephews will be exposed to something different than the children of parents whose greatest adventure is to go eat nyama choma in Olepolos.


You missed my point completely ndugu smile
Many Kenyans have embarked on adventures around the world, perhaps even more daring, but they do not broadcast it to the world to earn admiration from others. I am talking practical matters that even they will admit to once their journey is over. Some people think 3 years is a long time. It is nothing. Talk of 20 year journeys. Even those end. And once one is back if they had not jipangad, they will have lots of regrets alongside those "rich travel experiences." The end of a matter is always better than the beginning. And rich experiences are best enjoyed when one returns to stability imho


P>S who still does 10 hour drinking sprees and nyama choma at Ole Polos (or anywhere for that matter) in 2019? Definitely not people who know the value of time and life experiences. All the best!
In the final analysis, it all boils down to sheer plain old hard work and dogged persistence. Nothing more, nothing less!!
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sitaki.kujulikana
#7 Posted : Wednesday, July 03, 2019 6:39:30 PM
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I thought they were some millionaires who had gotten bored with life and decided to do something interesting, lakini selling a business and quitting a job to go travel when you are more or less (middle aged) newly weds sounds risky - sounds better if its a couple of 20 year olds doing it.

lakini, kila mtu na raha zake, sounds thrilling for the adventurous types though.
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Impunity
#8 Posted : Wednesday, July 03, 2019 8:31:06 PM
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sitaki.kujulikana wrote:
I thought they were some millionaires who had gotten bored with life and decided to do something interesting, lakini selling a business and quitting a job to go travel when you are more or less (middle aged) newly weds sounds risky - sounds better if its a couple of 20 year olds doing it.

lakini, kila mtu na raha zake, sounds thrilling for the adventurous types though.

They love each other deeply.
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freiks
#9 Posted : Thursday, July 04, 2019 1:15:37 PM
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Once these guys are done with their journey, they will simply be in another world, their life will never be the same again.They are using BMW bikes, they will become the company's lifetime ambassador
Life is an endless adventure
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sitaki.kujulikana
#10 Posted : Thursday, July 04, 2019 3:22:17 PM
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Impunity wrote:
sitaki.kujulikana wrote:
I thought they were some millionaires who had gotten bored with life and decided to do something interesting, lakini selling a business and quitting a job to go travel when you are more or less (middle aged) newly weds sounds risky - sounds better if its a couple of 20 year olds doing it.

lakini, kila mtu na raha zake, sounds thrilling for the adventurous types though.

They love each other deeply.

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