There's one instance when I was travelling through northern Kenya.

And the journey on this sort of, it's basically a truck that had been converted into a bus.

So it wasn't particularly comfortable.

Anyway, the road was really rocky and the journey lasted 24 hours and the driver didn't stop once.

At the end of it, he'd been driving for 24 hours without any sort of rest.

And that, you know, you just have to almost put it to the back of your mind and forget about it and hope for the best.

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Episode 173 circumnavigating Africa using public transportation with Ian Packam. Welcome back to another Adventure Sports podcast episode. This is Travis.

Ian Packham is a medical researcher turned adventurer. He decided to circumnavigate the African continent by means of public transportation.

The trip was the first time anyone had done this solo and unsupported.

During his 13-month 25,000 mile trip, Ian was mistaken for an undercover UN official during Liberia's presidential election and was denied access to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

He was a 2013 runner-up for the National Geographic Traveler Writing Competition in his new book

In Circle Africa Around Africa by Public Transport chronicles his crazy adventure.

So, Ian, welcome to the Adventure Sports podcast from England.

Thank you. It's good to be here.

Yeah, good to have you.

So, man, we have a lot to dig into. You've been a busy guy.

Let's start with your Encircle Africa.

I know it's one of the first things you really took on.

What made you go from medical researcher to deciding to hop on public transportation and travel

25,000 miles around Africa?

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