Road to Congo 1968 – The VW

Road to Congo 1968 – The VW

I just got back from a road trip in Tanzania, where the roads were pleasantly paved. Our 20-year-old Land Cruiser performed well without so much as a puncture. On my return to Kenya I found a comment on my Old Africa blog asking for a photo of the Volkswagen car my...
Road to Congo, 1968

Road to Congo, 1968

I rode in the back of our white Volkswagen beetle, registration KCY 434, from central Kenya to northeastern Congo in 1968 when I was 12 years old. My father had to speak at a conference at Rethy.  We drove through Eldoret, into Uganda and Kampala before driving...
Car Racing in Langalanga

Car Racing in Langalanga

Standing on a bit of broken-up tarmac road above Gilgil last week, it was hard to believe that 60 years before this was the place for Kenya’s ‘Petrol Heads’ to gather on weekends and race around the three-mile track in MG-T series sports cars. Old...
Kenya Cup Rugby Final 1976

Kenya Cup Rugby Final 1976

Who’s who? In 1976, he first year I played rugby for Kenya Harlequins, the Kenya Cup was a split side competition with each of the big Nairobi clubs putting up two sides. I played for Quins Ruffians. We won the Kenya Cup semifinal against Nondies Lions and the...