http://pwayfaring.com leaving roots Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:59:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Saturday's ride was a success! The track I made on Google Earth kept me out of trouble, except for two wrong turns...comically, both of which were before I even reached the dirt. Road and weather conditions were near-perfect. Very soon after leaving the town of Ngong, the tarmac ended, however the ... http://pwayfaring.com/2008/09/14/off-roading-the-rift/ Tomorrow I'm planning to get off the beaten path with Charleze, my XR650. About 20 kms from my place in Nairobi is the town of Ngong, situated on the edge of the Great Rift Valley that carves its way north through Kenya. From Ngong I will drop over the Rift's ... http://pwayfaring.com/2008/09/12/guided-by-numbers/ Last weekend I took my Honda XR650 up to Mt Kenya. It was my first long trip since I got it, and it was good to see how it would handle the open road...and a little mud. The destination was Lake Rutundu, where a set of beautiful log cabins are ... http://pwayfaring.com/2008/09/09/xr-on-mount-kenya/ Since I don't have cable television, I haven't been keeping up with the Olympics in Beijing as I would have liked. However, aside from all the news sites with current results and news, I have found a couple widgets that keep me abreast of the events and standings. In order ... http://pwayfaring.com/2008/08/19/olympics-widgets/ Wow! This site has only been up and running for less than ten months, but it already has received more than 20,000 hits! Many thanks to all of you...wherever you are...out there in cyber-landia! http://pwayfaring.com/2008/08/19/20000/ Last week I was involved in a risky, adrenaline-pumping endeavor, one that definitely raised my standing heart rate. Carefully mapping out each step of the process, I thought I had ensured what executions were needed in order to survive the ordeal with at least everything I began with...my website was ... http://pwayfaring.com/2008/08/17/cant-run-cant-hide/ For those of you who recognize the importance of taking a couple minutes everyday to just waste time, I  have something for you. This is a fantastic rabbit hole in which to get lost...found right here on the web. http://www.rinkworks.com/dialect/ It translates websites into different "dialects" including Elmer Fudd, Pig Latin, and, ... http://pwayfaring.com/2008/08/11/rabbit-hole/ http://pwayfaring.com/2008/06/25/one80-roll-two/ Last Saturday I was involved in a wild, raucous, high-energy event: supporting the Kenyan Harambee Stars in a football match against Zimbabwe. The weekend before I had gone to the city stadium to watch Kenya play against Guinea. I haven’t followed the Kenyan team’s performance before, but historically they haven’t excelled ... http://pwayfaring.com/2008/06/20/kenya-vs-zimbabwe/ This morning I was cleaning my coffee hand-grinder as I waited for my coffee to release its full potential in the french press. Suddenly, as if awakening from a sleepy stupor when one takes that first sip of caffeinated goodness, I realized that I have five different containers of coffee ... http://pwayfaring.com/2008/06/11/addict/