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Sunset-chaser | 4wd fiend | Islamic Financing Legal Expert | Vivamus, moriendum est | Building the first African travel e-commerce start-up
Joined August 2013
#Sundayplan for adventurers, travel lovers, overlanders, offroaders, adrenaline junkies, tourers, solo travelers and road trippers! . Let’s meet this Sunday 1st Oct 2023 for the Nomad Nation Car & Travel Meet II - Kitted Edition. 🥳. 🎟 Tickets👉
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Insurance scam 🧵. Friends, if you ever get in an accident, even where you have merely scratched (tiny) each other's cars, don't shake hands & each driver to go & fix or paint his/her car. There is an emerging scam whereby you shake hands, you go home thinking all is well. /1.
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This is a second or third time a private individual has rescued Kenyans with his own chopper. Zetu ni zakupeleka govt officers' kids to Mombasa or maternity?🤦🏼♂️
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1️⃣Last year on Boxing Day, 11 cars (Pajeros, Defenders, Prados & LC 75 Troopy) & 32 adventurers (26 adults & 6 kids, from 1½ yrs to 11 yrs) left Nbi on 8 days 1,800kms epic road trip to the wild Northern Kenya courtesy of @MaraNomads & Pajero KE Club. Here is their story…. 🧵
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Lakini, wanainchi mnataka nini??!. Is this how to appear before a judge in court? In a live court session!. Hata kama kuna baridi aje?. Huyu Matoke amesema "Your honor, it's too cold today, so please excuse me as I keep warm"! Surely!! 🙆🙆🙆🤣🤣🤣🤣
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In the blink of an eye, a routine drive turned into a rescue mission. A Prado rolled behind us at a corner. We were 1st on the scene with our first aid bag, recovery straps, & D-shackles, made sure the Mzee was okay, then oversaw the recovery of the car, & escorted him home.
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You see this 14 seater Toyota Hiace aka mathree, you can turn it into an amazing camper and road trip van. Right now you can get one at 300k-500k. They are so tough! Will easily do 1 million mileage. Their 5L engine is legendary.
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If you have an older, manual transmission car, and normally drive on Kingara road during traffic peak times, we need to form a support group.
@alasirimotors Manual cars are all fun, until you find yourself at Kingara Road in the middle of heavy traffic. You will sweat worse than a pig in a hotspa!. Wueh!.
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Man! You must do a road trip on this road at least once before you die!
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Which hill are you willing to die on?. Me: Solo trips are 🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌. Kwanza solo road trips to remote places! . This was a 7 days, 2300kms trip that I cannot compare with any trip I have ever done!. (The photos were taken using a tripod and setting 10sec timer)
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1. What is the most crazy thing you have ever done? Scratch that, what is the most crazy road trip you are ever taken?. Ours is taking off to a really wild and remote place with 2 kids (6 months & 4 years), alone, where there were no hotels. THREAD 👇
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Let's put a face to the faceless men and women who are responsible for the mess that is Ngong Road, and who are vicariously responsible to the death of @EricKigada's friend's daughter.
Can one design a road to lead to peoples death? This is what I have been asking myself especially since my friend lost his daughter on #NgongRoad Sunday morning. @KURAroads this avoidable death is on you. The accident happened in darkness at the Bridge over the railway.
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There is another Kenya out there that very few Kenyans get to see but rich white folks visit a whim on Tropic Air choppers. Silali Crater, Suguta Valley, Lake Logipi, Mt. Paka, Barrier Volcano, Namarunu Volcano, Emuruangogolak Volcano etc. Amazing places! But getting there 🙆.
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Actuarists & insurance professionals on the timeline, help old 4x4s' owners understand why you think insuring 4x4s that are older than 15 years is a bad idea. We want to understand this very strange decision by the industry. 🧵 1/7
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Many times nikiambiwa, "Simama ni-buy fruits na veges" I can't help but groan impatiently. However, this lady had organized her fruit stall so beautifully that I was the one who willingly came to a halt. Anyway, this trip was so epic, and the photos truly don't do it justice.
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When someone says that they are looking for a place to go on holiday/ to visit, Meru won't be in their mind. But let me tell you why they would be so wrong. Meru packs a punch in terms of beauty & attractions. It should actually rank among top 5 places to visit in 🇰🇪 🧵/1
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Man, its shocking to hear from the court that Bitange Ndemo was one of the mastermind of the Konza City heist! And the way he had masterfully played on us of how upright he is. Hii Kenya, who really has clean weath? Hakuna!.
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This v8 RR Classic! It's pulling a trailer through slippery mud, then it decides that's not a big deal, it decides to push the Defender that has not able to move due to the mud!! . May the owner continue resting in offroad Valhalla! What a legend!
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Get an OB report, and inform your insurance company immediately. People are not good. Insurance people (& their assessors, etc.) are in cahoots with them. They all share the loot. I have handled 2 such cases. You will pay dearly. You will be on your own. Warn others. /6.
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They are now 3 decades old. They drive like a boat on high seas. They are loud and obnoxious unlike the refined LC 200 & 300 series, but you can't ignore their presence. There are guys with 4 or 5 and still looking for more to buy! Crazy.
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I am looking for a freelance graphic designer who can come up with posters for me. Please recommend msee ama m-dem ana fanya kazi safi. Shukran🙏.
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The long weekend is here! . Nguruman, Shompole & Lake Natron trip is on!
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No resting when you know that a journey to Kenya's hottest and most inaccessible gem is just a few days away. 🥵
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Yesterday at 7.30pm pale Kinungi, we escaped death or terrible injuries when a FH going towards Naivasha, swerved on to us & other oncoming taffic to avoid hitting a tractor with no friggin lights! The driver was avoiding hitting the plough head on, so he swerved towards us.
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Everyone use them as mall crawlers for trips to the mall, office, school drops and fancy dinners. But i respect those who use them for what they were build to do.
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I feel sorry for those who say Pajs will finish you. Truth is Pajs are so cheap to maintain. Eg. engine is just 250-350k. LC will make you sell all your fingers, toes & both kidneys! 🙆♀️🥲 Eg. Engine 750k-1.05M! . LC is tougher, more reliable but will cost you your marriage.
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Pakistanis are on another level in home or cottage industries. They produce everything in the basements of their homes, from motorbikes, brake pads, oil filters, tires, car headlights, sewing machines, cylinder heads, buses, everything bro! . If only we could do the same, sigh!.
Usipanic…. I have a guy who can get you these filters at a better rate! The Guy:->
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We know that Dakar Rally is special. It has given us uncountable moments. But this 👇was the SICKEST moment of the Dakar! . 1988, when a 1200hp DAF truck with 2 engines, 6 turbos, 2 gearboxes overtook a 400hp, nimble Peugeot 405 at 200km/h on the sands of the Sahara! SICK!!.🧵1⃣
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Despite what's said about them, this Pajero has been to almost every corner of this country, mountains, deserts, forests, name it and has been awesome. A true nomad. #SpaceYaMagari
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Am i too late?🤤
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A friend is selling this awesome Patrol. ✅️Nissan Patrol Y60 (GQ).✅️TD42 4200 .✅️Non-turbo Diesel.✅️Manual transmission .✅️Off-road ready .✅️4 brand new Mud Terrain Tires. He is asking for 800k o.n.o. Hii ni perfect machine for the 2300kms Jade Sea Expedition!!
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Comforser Cf3000 Muddies! . I have had these ones for 3 yrs now and the abuse they have taken, wacha tu! Zero punctures in 3 yrs (touch wood)! Very good on rock, mud & sand. These photos were taken in a recent 2300kms solo trip around L Turkana from west to east.
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@alasirimotors Manual cars are all fun, until you find yourself at Kingara Road in the middle of heavy traffic. You will sweat worse than a pig in a hotspa!. Wueh!.
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Stranger on the road:- "Psst! The road ends a few meters ahead.". Me:- "No road ahead? No problem."
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Rally idea 🧵. Guys, everyone knows Kenya as the home of epic rallies. Safari Rally & East Africa Classic Rally. We also know how cyclical famine has mesed up the north. What if we added another rally, a true offroad rally that goes from Nairobi to the north & back? . /1
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If you think that 4x4 overlanders carry a lot of stuff, clearly you have not meet motorcycle overlanders!. All that on 2 wheels?!
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Prados should have a age limit that's enforced by law, like TP insurance or DL. Only 50+ men to be allowed to drive it. The rest including myself to wait for our 50th birthday. No car is driven more recklessly in Kenya.
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3️⃣Passed beautiful Timau & proceeded to Isiolo where it was raining like hell. Archers' Post, then the magnificent Mt. Ololokwe. Bana this mountain is beautiful! Heck, all the mountains (called Inselbergs) of Samburu are beautiful!
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There is nothing else i love than taking people to explore and visit all the beautiful and remote places in this beloved country.
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Saddest thing is seeing wealthy Kenyans buying land, building malls, apartments etc. No one wants invest in the businesses & startups of young Kenyans. Just imagine you have 1B, then you invest 1-10M in 20 small Kenyan startups, that's like 20-200M of your 1B. But the returns 🙆.
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Last Sunday pale "Fisheries Swamp" (1st hurdle) tukienda Lake Ellis via Chogoria Route. after it had rained for 2 days. Those "calm" pools were ruts as deep as mid-thigh level with very sticky mud at the bottom. Would have been nice to have some Foresters 🤣#SpaceYaMagari
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to your insurance company. When you reach out to your insurance company to settle since you have a comprehensive cover or even a 3rd party cover, they ruka you 10 feet! You are on your own!. Don't shake hands anymore. Take photos of the scene & the vehicles. Get police involved/5.
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The twists and turns, and the steep, steep descent after this sign! Anyway, West Pokot is just beautiful!
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Rodgers is still missing. Help us find him or have him released by the goons that have him. Please retweet.
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You don't report to the police or to your insurance company. Kumbe the other guy goes to the police, gets a Police Abstract blaming you for the accident, goes to his/her insurance company, they connive with the guys there, Claim Form is filled, false assessment is done. /2.
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MPs and Senators of goodwill, please disrupt proceedings in parliament and ask for the whereabouts of Osama, Shad, Franje, Oguda, Drey & everone who's been abducted. Also ask who's doing the abductions. That's all we ask from you @SalasyaPeter, @HEBabuOwino, Amisi, and the rest.
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Techbros, can someone build a @Ushahidi-like platform where Kenyans can upload photos and details of condemned buildings? . So that anyone looking for a house to rent, checks the platform first to see if it has ever been condemned by authorities for being unsafe.
IT’S DIFFICULT to conceive, much less to believe that we created a robust construction industry watchdog and failed to give it teeth to bite. We have reduced such an authority to merely applying red lipstick on building and recommending arrests. Give NCA @ncakenya the arrest and
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false repair reports are prepared for huge sums of money, false photos of a car similar to the one of the guy with its number plate, are taken with severe damage (black & white📸), false garage receipts, invoices cheques & satisfaction notes made, all for huge sums of money. /3.
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If someone dared you to drive down this track, would you accept?🙆♀️. Kwanza with an automatic gearbox car?. And how will you tackle it?. 📍Black Bear Pass
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As a businessman, i have always made sure I don't play with client's monies. If I can't or did not deliver, I refund in full immediately. If you deliver a service or product to me, I pay you immediately. Wacha tukosanie other things but not your money. Honesty is everything to me.
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If you have watched Jade Sea Expedition (link below) & then realise that this 20year old Pajero recced that 2,400kms trip, alone, with just 1 person in it, your mind goes🤯🤯.
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Enough with dealing with a faceless institution. These are the humans who are responsible for the Ngong Road's mess.
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#tbt . This was an awesome morning. Grown men were giddy with excitement about the adventure they were embarking on.
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then my colleagues are unleashed on you. You receive a demand of hundreds of thousands, or a few millions & told to pay within 7 days, & then you are dragged to court. You did not take any photos of the scene & the vehicle, you did not report to the police, & did not report. /4.
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Gaddem! The new road inside Murchison Falls N Park is a beauty!. But that 40km/h speed limit will test your patience to the limits. We were at times doing 30km/h for 80kms😂😂. Ugandans would overtake us - it's their country. But sisi tunafuata sheria, we didn't want trouble.
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Guys, a good friend of mine is desperately looking for a plug for Cravats (see images). Do you know one in Nairobi. Please RT widely.
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Despite all his international travels, meddling in international issues that do not concern him, like Russo-Ukraine war & Haiti, and being an international busybody, the whole world has seen that the King is naked! His nether regions have been exposed. None in Kenya wants him!.
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Tomorrow Kenyans we rewrite our story! . Tomorrow is 1992! When we forced Moi to repeal Section 2A!. Tomorrow is 2002! When we told Moi & his project Uhuru Kenyatta, GTFOH!. Tomorrow is 2024! When Gen Zs & Millenials stood up to Zakayo, & his acolytes! #TotalShutdownKenya
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Let me tell you something that has made me so proud in this 2023. Dads' saying thank you for giving them a fantastic opportunity and space to bond with their kids, to put down the phones, and just enjoy wholesome fun and adventure with their kids!. This here is my legacy.
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This is Eng. Silas M. Kinoti, the Director General of @KURAroads. The man at whose office the buck stops. The one who has kept mum all through as road users complained that the road is a death trap.
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A debate has been raging among Nomads regarding the best vehicles for going to remote places. So far its 1-1. Older vehicles breakdown more often but are easy to repair in the bush. Newer vehicles don't breakdown easily but when they do, it's a nightmare. What's your opinion?
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Pajeros up north! . @MaraNomads did it!. Happy new year, folks, Car Twitter and #SpaceYaMagari!!
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Close buddy has been in a Chamaa with friends. They saved money in Chase Bank, lost the funds, saved in Cytonn, technically lost the funds, saved in Sanlam MMF and they are being taken around in circles. At this point, don't trust anyone with your money. Better keep it in a bank.
.@blackorwa shares on losing KES 1M with Cytonn:. "I. took my hard-earned saving for 6 years, KES 1M & I was like, 'this sounds like a good investment. You know what let me write an RTGS at StanChart'. I sat back & waited. ". CC: @ehdande @CytonnInvest .
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"Rutto, kwani ni wapi unatupeleka ndio you need to carry 80l of water?". Hahaha!
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She is back! . The one which started all these mad expeditions and craziest trips to the most remote, most epic places. After being parked for 1 full year! Mitsubishi and Paj fam, she is back!🔥🤩🤩. #NoPlaceIsTooRemote
These Comforsers have been to hell and back so many times. Never got a single puncture on them. Everything I have asked of them, they have delivered. From 2021 to 2023. Very good value for money. Very cheap but very efficient. They're now taking a bow.
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When jokes write themselves. 😂 SAs calling Kenyans lazy. Lmao
A friend of mine who's a Mechanical & Mining Engineer and worked in Namibia and Kenya called me yesterday to say he's back in SA. I'm like why? He said he could no longer bare working in those countries. There's no discipline, people come late for meetings & work and it's normal.
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4️⃣Made it to Laisamis & picked a member of the convoy who was waiting there. Left the Moyale Road & entered into Kaisut Desert on our way to Ndoto Mountains. Did tell you that Samburu is beautiful? The landscapes, the Iselbergs, the desert, the views are 👌👌 amazing.
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1️⃣A friend is selling his 80 series. A perfect car for @MaraNomads remote trips. Contact details in the last tweet below. ✅Toyota LC 80 series.✅1995.✅engine HZJ78 4200cc.✅️manual gearbox.✅️center diff lock .✅2 new batteries.✅️Maxxis tyres new.✅️AC system new
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A 🧵on tires and rims:. If you wish to travel more & off-the-beaten-path, the first thing you need to do is to upgrade your tires (& rims). This is a cardinal rule in the off-road community. It does not matter whether you have big 4x4, a cross-over or a hatchback. #SpaceYaMagari
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Nimeketi hapa kwa bench like a new dad, patiently waiting for their newborn 🤣🤣
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Take a look at the tires. That's the secret for sand driving. That's how such a heavily laden truck is able to move in the sands of Sahara Desert without getting stuck.
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8️⃣At the slides, you just embrace your inner child and slide on your butt on the very smooth rocks over which water flows & plunge into any 1 of the several pools on the springs. it gives such a heady feeling. There are also small natural pools for kids.
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Who else has been seeing lots, and lots of Defenders (I mean 90s, 110s, 130s, Pumas) on the road, lately? Modified, kitted, plain, name it. It's like everyone is getting their hands on one, even those Series II, IIA and IIIs that were dead on blocks. What's going on?.
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7️⃣2nd day was all about resting after 500km+ journey. Later on, guys went to the Ngurunit Water Slides to cool off the heat in the cool natural spring water that comes from the Ndoto Mountains. If you love mountains, put Ndoto Mountains, Aldera Hill & Mt. Poi on your buckelist.
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I changed my tripod this time. 😂. But Kisima Farm is beautiful, siet!
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300tdi! One of the most important engines ever made. Come argue with me! . Remember, key words are, "one of. "
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Talk of hardcore offroaders; this one is way up there! More hardcore than me! . When we got a MT tire completely slashed by a rock in a place so remote & so tough, & realised we didn't have a jack, alinishow "si tuweke rocks & lift the car" & that's how we got out of that mess.
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If there is a trip that has ever tested me and pushed me to the edge, this was that trip!. It had everything! From epic escarpments to the remotest craters, to camping in the bush next to a road with zero facilities, to punctures in the most impossible of places, and more!
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6️⃣We arrived in Ngurunit in darkness about 7.30pm. Good time for such a big convoy. Each car had a radio for ease of communication of any road hazard, problem etc due to lack of network in many places there. Here we stopped to enjoy the sun setting behind Ndoto Mountains.
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Pole man! Since a Paj garage almost got me killed when they ate the money that I paid them for critical parts. i made sure no one will ever visit them from the Paj community. Speak out and save many others, and encourage the silent others to come out and speak also.
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Look at that launch on a 40° slope!. Ford Raptor 150 with a 3.0-liter V-6 churning 405 hp and 430nm of torque!. It almost went airborne like a jet liner!. 📌Lake Logipi lava flows
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5️⃣The road is badly corrugated with many washouts & river crossings which luckily were dry except for one. As much as we tried to keep the pace hard, darkness caught us. Pro-tip: When offroad, air down tires, engage 4wd, lock hubs & centre diffs for your safety & comfort.
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