July 11th, Day 30: We got started around 10am on this morning as we were set to began the three day trek to Kasane, a relatively large town on the border between Botswana and Zambia. This road was supposedly deserted from Nata, where we were now until Kasane, and many people had told us how...

July 10th, Day 29: The day started earlier than we would have liked thanks to the gas station attendants thinking it quite funny to wake us up at around 5:45 am, well before sunrise. However, we had a long day ahead of us so we took the opportunity to our advantage. We needed to get to Nata which...

July 9th, Day 28: Aaron woke up early to go get his test results at the Hospital, while I decided to sleep a little later because I had nothing to take care of this morning. Fortunately, Aaron test results were mostly positive. He did not have any serious illnesses, but the doctor prescribed him...

The cyclists have reached Lusaka, capital of Zambia, which is around the halfway mark to Nairobi, Kenya!

July 8th, Day 27: The press conference was set for 11am, so we woke up early and packed are things in order to get there in time to set up. We arrived at the BTB Office, where the press conference was to be held, at around 10 and began rearranging the furniture and chairs to make it look as...

We are now in Lusaka, capital of Zambia, which marks around halfway through our journey to Nairobi, Kenya.   Note: We apologize for not updating the blog for a few days, we have been in places with minimal internet availability, but we will be catching up shortly. Enjoy!   July 7th, Day...

July 6th, Day 25:       We woke up early again in order to try to fix Eric's bike and get it rideable for the upcoming journey that day. However, we were under time contraints because we had told the Botswanan Tourism Board (BTB) Office in Palapye (where we were headed) that would...

  July 5th, Day 24:   We woke up early in order to get a good start on the day so as not to get as exhausted as the day before; for safety reasons I did not want to become nauseous and lightheaded, worrying about whether I would faint while riding and spill onto the middle of the road....

July 3rd, Day 22: With all of our various meetings and appointments scheduled this day, we were unable to leave Gaborone until around 330pm. Fortunately for us, there is a pretty large town, Mochudi, on the map about 30 miles north of Gaborone that we were able to reach before nightfall. However,...

  June 30th to July 3rd:  We woke up and got ate a nice little breakfast at the place we were staying then started packing up, planning to hit the road for Gaborone at around 10:00 am. Our maps had a variety of different supposed distances from Lobatse to Gaborone, but they all ranged...