Pole Pole, planning to drive from Kenya to The Netherlands. "Pole Pole" means slowly, slowly in Kiswahili and we plan to take it easy and enjoy as much of Africa, the Middle East and Europe as we can.

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This Travel Blog will describe our trip from Kenya back to The Netherlands via: Ethiopia, Sudan, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Greece and former Yugoslavia in a totally refurbished Mercedes Truck. Robert worked many months on making the Destinator (Sander chose the name) into a luxury safari overland vehicle.

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  Planning   Nairobi, Kenya on Sep 8, 2008 5 pictures 1 comment
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  Shaggy   Nairobi, Kenya on Sep 10, 2008 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Truck transformation   Nairobi, Kenya on Sep 15, 2008 4 pictures 0 comments
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  What we will miss   Nairobi, Kenya on Sep 16, 2008 10 pictures 0 comments
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  Poem   Nairobi, Kenya on Oct 10, 2008 0 pictures 1 comment
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  Departure   Kitale, Kenya on Oct 17, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Lake Baringo   Baringo, Kenya on Oct 21, 2008 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Documents (ary)   Watamu, Kenya on Oct 24, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  In Watamu   Watamu, Kenya on Oct 26, 2008 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Watamu's attractions   Watamu, Kenya on Oct 29, 2008 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Birdies   Gede Forest, Kenya on Oct 29, 2008 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Last day in Watamu   Watamu, Kenya on Nov 1, 2008 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Yes, we can!   Nairobi, Kenya on Nov 5, 2008 0 pictures 1 comment
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  Parallel Universes   Nairobi, Kenya on Nov 7, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  From Meru to Marsabit   Marsabit, Kenya on Nov 13, 2008 6 pictures 0 comments
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  The Road again   Moyale, Kenya on Nov 15, 2008 4 pictures 3 comments
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  The Green Desert   Awassa, Ethiopia on Nov 18, 2008 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Back to blue and white danger   Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Nov 18, 2008 0 pictures 1 comment
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  Update on Turtle nest   Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Nov 20, 2008 2 pictures 2 comments
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  THE GREAT ETHIOPIAN RUN   Woldiya, Ethiopia on Nov 27, 2008 0 pictures 0 comments
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  KLM   Woldiya, Ethiopia on Nov 27, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  The road to Lalibela   Lalibela, Ethiopia on Nov 28, 2008 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Lalibela to Axum   Axum, Ethiopia on Dec 1, 2008 3 pictures 4 comments
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  Breakdown!   Gonder, Ethiopia on Dec 4, 2008 7 pictures 1 comment
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  From Gondar to Khartoum   Khartoum, Sudan on Dec 6, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Khartoum to Wadi Halfa, first leg   Khartoum, Sudan on Dec 7, 2008 3 pictures 1 comment
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  Khartoum to Wadi Halfa, second leg   Kerima, Sudan on Dec 8, 2008 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Khartoum to Wadi Halfa, third leg   Kerma, Sudan on Dec 9, 2008 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Khartoum to Wadi Halfa, fourth leg   Wadi Halfa, Sudan on Dec 10, 2008 1 picture 0 comments
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  Waiting in Wadi Halfa   Wadi Halfa, Sudan on Dec 14, 2008 6 pictures 0 comments
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  Wadi Halfa to Aswan   Aswan, Egypt on Dec 19, 2008 17 pictures 0 comments
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  Discovery of a new Temple in Egypt   Luxor, Egypt, Egypt on Dec 22, 2008 4 pictures 2 comments
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  Through the Red Sea Mountains   Hurghada, Egypt, Egypt on Dec 24, 2008 0 pictures 1 comment
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  Pharaohs, Pyramids and Pollution   Port Tawfiq, Egypt, Egypt on Dec 28, 2008 3 pictures 1 comment
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  Out of Africa   Dahab, Egypt on Dec 30, 2008 6 pictures 2 comments
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  Happy New Year from Petra   Petra, Jordan on Jan 3, 2009 3 pictures 5 comments
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  We have seen countries we did not enter   Petra, Jordan on Jan 6, 2009 6 pictures 1 comment
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  Splashing in the Dead Sea   Dead Sea Region, Jordan on Jan 6, 2009 7 pictures 2 comments
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  From the Dead Sea into Syria   Bosra, Syria on Jan 10, 2009 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Hama   Hamah, Syria on Jan 10, 2009 4 pictures 1 comment
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  Trouble and towtrucks   Hamah, Syria on Jan 12, 2009 1 picture 0 comments
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  The cold desert   Palmyra, Syria on Jan 12, 2009 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Almost in Mesopotamia   Aleppo, Syria on Jan 14, 2009 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Into number seven   Osmaniye, Turkey on Jan 14, 2009 1 picture 0 comments
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  The last of the Bedouin?   Silifke, Turkey on Jan 14, 2009 1 picture 0 comments
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  From Silifke to Alanya   Alanya, Turkey on Jan 16, 2009 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Alanya to Antalya (just some letters changed)   Antalya, Turkey on Jan 17, 2009 3 pictures 0 comments
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  Pamukkale and Trucklife   Selcuk, Turkey on Jan 19, 2009 9 pictures 1 comment
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  From Selcuk to Troy   Truva, Turkey on Jan 22, 2009 4 pictures 0 comments
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  Troy to Tekirdag   Tekirdag, Turkey on Jan 23, 2009 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Istanbul   Istanbul, Turkey on Jan 24, 2009 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Into Greece   Alexandroupolis, Greece on Jan 26, 2009 3 pictures 2 comments
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  Blockade Busting   Silvis, Greece on Jan 28, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Blockade busting continued   Ohrid, Macedonia on Jan 28, 2009 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Three countries in one day!   Dubrovnik, Croatia on Jan 31, 2009 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Dubrovnik and beyond   Trogir, Croatia on Feb 1, 2009 5 pictures 0 comments
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  Along the former Yougoslavian coast   Zadar, Croatia on Feb 2, 2009 2 pictures 0 comments
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  Further along the Adriatic coast   Opatija, Croatia on Feb 3, 2009 1 picture 0 comments
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  Rain and snow, four days to go   Villach, Austria on Feb 4, 2009 4 pictures 1 comment
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  Prien am Chiemsee   Prien am Chiemsee, Germany on Feb 5, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Schifferstadt   Schifferstadt, Germany on Feb 6, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Teteringen   Teteringen, Netherlands on Feb 7, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  End of the trip   Heemstede, Netherlands on Feb 8, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  What a date to write a last entry   Heemstede, Netherlands on Feb 13, 2009 0 pictures 3 comments