I recently decided to challenge myself to cycle the 109km Cape Cycle Tour on my Qhubeka Buffalo Bicycle. It all happened quite spontaneously about two weeks ago when I saw a fellow triathlete friend post on Facebook that they were selling their Cape Cycle Tour entry. As I will be in Cape Town for the week… Read More Riding the Cape Cycle Tour on my Qhubeka Buffalo Bicycle
I thought I would provide a quick update since my last blog post about my recent knee injury (Click here to read more about it). About three weeks ago I saw a sports physician who diagnosed that I seem to be showing positive signs of patella femoral pain in my knee. I was recommended to consider… Read More Update on my road to recovery from knee pain
A few weekends ago, Warrick and I together with one of my best friends and her boyfriend decided to go on a camping weekend out to Mountain Sanctuary Park. One of my new years resolutions for the year is to spend more time out in nature so this camping weekend was a perfect start to… Read More A weekend getaway to Mountain Sanctuary Park
One always aims to start a new-year feeling positive and full of ambition to take on new challenges. One of my challenges for this year is to complete the Comrades Ultra Marathon up-run from Durban to Pietermaritzburg and get my back-to-back medal. Unfortunately my training so far has been slowed down by a runners’ worst… Read More A runners’ worst nightmare – knee pain!
I recently read this feel-good book called Arthur, which is a true story about a stray dog that tagged along with a Swedish adventure racing team whilst they were racing in Equador. I was very keen to read this book as I remember hearing about the story of this dog on social media a few… Read More Arthur: An adventure racing rescue dog
Now that 2017 is fast approaching I thought I would take the time to do a quick reflection on 2016. This past year has certainly been one of the most challenging and rewarding years of my life. The first adventure of the year was taking on the Comrades Marathon, which was always a dream of mine.… Read More 2016: A year of BIG adventures
It has been a while since I last posted on my blog as I have been trying to get back into the routine of life in Johannesburg since our Joburg2Kili Expedition. Although it has been a bit depressing to have to settle back after such an incredible adventure, I have managed to use the time… Read More New Logo & Identity for CAMBO Adventures
If you are ever looking for an adventurous and action-packed fiction novel set in Africa, look no further than Tony Park’s collection of books. About six years ago, I visited our local Exclusive Books and noticed on the shelves of the new releases section that there was book called The Delta by Tony Park with… Read More My favourite African Adventure Author (who is not African)
After completing #Joburg2Kili and summiting Mount Kilimanjaro, Warrick and I went on a Tanzanian Safari Experience for a week visiting some of the world famous National Parks namely; Tarangire National Park, Ngorongoro Crater; Serengeti National Park and Lake Manyara National Park. Both of us are bushveld fanatics and it has always been on our bucket… Read More The Kernes on Safari in Tanzania
I cannot believe that the #Joburg2Kili Expedition has been and gone and Warrick and I have just got back home to Johannesburg. However, all in all it was an incredible and challenging journey that I will remember for the rest of my life. As with any expedition there are always highs and lows and I… Read More My Highs & Lows of the Joburg2Kili Expedition
I have always dreamt of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and being at the top of my home continent, Africa. To make my bucket list adventure a reality, as part of the Joburg2Kili Expedition not only had we planned to cycle 4650km to Moshi at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro but also to summit the mountain. Instead… Read More My Kilimanjaro Experience
I was thinking the other day about some of the things I brought along with me on this Joburg2Kili journey that have just been so useful and I really could not live without. This gave me the inspiration to put together this post on the top 10 pieces of kit I would recommend as “must-haves”… Read More Top 10 gear list for cycling through Africa
