Kenyan couple set off to motorkbike around the world - but run into COVID

When the world opens up again, they hope to resume their trip - and inspire others

Published: October 15, 2020 14:48 Reuters and compiled by Balaram Menon, Senior Web Editor

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Kenyan couple Dos and Wamuyu Kariuki loved adventure almost as much as they loved each other. So two months after they got married, they quit their jobs and set off in 2018 to motor-bike across all the seven continents. | Above: Kariuki and Wamuyu pose for a photograph at the Tropic of Capricorn sign between Sossusvlei and Walvis Bay in Namibia. Image Credit: via REUTERS

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Kariuki and Wamuyu hold the Kenyan flag in Machu Picchu, Peru. "It is unlike Africans to travel and take that kind of an adventure... It is basically done by Westerners," said 45-year-old Wamuyu, her hair brushing against her collar. Image Credit: REUTERS

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"There is always this belief that it is very difficult to travel as an African and using our passports because they are not as strong as the American and European ones. We have been able to prove that it is possible." | Above: The couple poses in front of the Mano del Desierto (Hand of the Desert) sculpture in the Atacama Desert in Chile. Image Credit: via REUTERS

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This year, they were heading into North America via Panama. But their adventure - planned to take three and a half years - screeched to a halt in Nicaragua in March, as countries around the world closed their borders to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. | Above: Kariuki and Wamuyu ride in Piura, Peru. Image Credit: via REUTERS

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They got stuck in a low-priced hostel in the Nicaraguan capital Managua for four and a half months, before flying back to Nairobi in August after flights resumed. | Above: The couple hold Kenyan flag when in Antarctica. Image Credit: REUTERS

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They shipped their German-made bikes home, having visited three continents: Africa, South America and Antarctica. | Above: The couple in Cape Agulhas, a rocky headland in Western Cape, South Africa. Image Credit: via REUTERS

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Among their best memories are the frigid beauty of the Antarctica, and the warmth of Colombians despite the nation's violent past. | Above: They shop for souvenirs at the Equator sign in Kayabwe, Uganda. Image Credit: via REUTERS

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When the world opens up again, they hope to resume their trip - and to have inspired others on the continent. | Above: Dos Kariuki and Joanne Wamuyu ride at an undisclosed location in Ecuador. Image Credit: via REUTERS

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