Author Archives: Ryan
[VIDEO] Put Foot Rally Summary – TEAM AK
Check out this little video we put together…Just to give you an idea of the kind of terrain we covered in 18 days!
Perception of distance
Its not like we have made some kind of breakthrough in the field of psychological research by saying that your perception of a distance, or more accurately, how long it seems to cover that distance, is affected by your state of mind before you set out but this has become more and more apparent to … Continue reading
Check Point 3 – Senga Bay Lake Malawi
After an incredible day and half in Monkey bay we made our way over to Senga bay (about a 2 hour drive) to make the next check point. As we have learnt, the Put Foot guys don’t hold back at the check points and the food and party that is laid on is always madly … Continue reading
Shnorkel Shnorkel
This post does not need many words…the following pictures should give you some vague idea of our insanely special Lake Malawi is:
Magical Malawi!
Good bye Zambia (for now) and hello Magical Malawi. In the very short distance we have traveled after leaving Zambia yesterday morning, Malawi has managed to bathe us in her charms! The roads are good, more open, the landscape is beautiful and even the police check points seem nicer somehow (the police are more like … Continue reading
Running Repairs
We woke up on the morning of the 27th to find Kevin looking very sorry for himself with a more than sagging roof rack. It had probably been broken for a while with us blissfully ignorantly driving along – lalalalalala…life is golden….lalalalala. But with some bad roads ahead we needed to get things fixed up … Continue reading
The Smoke that Thunders
Between the shoe drop and the checkpoint party (numero dos) we got to go see Victoria Falls! Many kinds of impressive.
So challenging!
Travel in Africa, particularly Southern Africa is extremely challenging and uncomfortable! Check out the kind of conditions we have had to endure over the last 3 days – how we have managed I don’t know: We have been astounded by the presence of Protea Hotels in Southern Africa. While researching our Rally Route we realised … Continue reading
Camping in a car
Not just for the sake of alliteration! Pete and Amanda’s mattress got a puncture in the night and brought to an abrupt end the string of four nights of camping in a tent. Camping has been fun and rekindled all the childhood memories but when you are on the move and constantly setting up and … Continue reading
Danger Donations
As you have probably noticed…we have been a little quiet on posting and updating you on our progress in the Put Foot Rally. This is due to a number of factors including limited internet connectivity and endless hours on the road but mostly due to the dangerous nature of what we are doing. We are … Continue reading