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Long Road Down – to Maasai land

Andy Brown — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:24:19 +0000

Missionary media producer and motorcyclist Andy Brown documents his first journey into the African bush on his motorcycle.

World’s craziest motorcycle commute through urban Africa caught on tape

Andy Brown — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 11:40:32 +0000

Not for the faint at heart! Come along for the ride with Andy Brown as he shows you his daily commute through Nairobi gridlock and how to pass 320 cars in 7 min …

…it looks much crazier and dangerous at 8x speed!

How to dress for success:

Andy Brown — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:29:20 +0000

Andy and his piki-piki

Beating Nairobi’s infamous traffic while keeping dry and looking fashionable take a team effort.

You’ll notice Andy’s ensemble begins with the requisite helmet. A gift from Daniel McLaughlin and previously Max Katzer.

Next we find the mostly rainproof jacket (Craiglist, $100) complemented nicely by the Buell monostrap backpack, on loan from Jonathan Broga.

Covering Andy’s lower half we find rainproof and padded “overpants”, from New Enough apparel.

Rounding out the ensemble are Andy’s 12 year old waterproof goretex hiking boots ($120 back in 1997)

The bike? A Honda 650XL on loan from Caleb Clay, an SIM aircraft mechanic. (Please pray Andy finds his own before Caleb returns in December!)

Honorable mentions also go to Matthew and Aaron Blick, Glen Collison, and the illinois Department of Motor Vehicles for the assistance in learning to ride and getitng a license this summer. (Glen… sorry again about dropping your bike!)