Comments on: Geeking out on a Motorcycle Trip

By: Henry Addo

Henry Addo — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:18:05 +0000

I had a similar trip. Very fun riding on the highway but can be quite scary.

By: Sleepless

Sleepless — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:37:51 +0000

Sounds like a good exercise. What I like (or maybe dislike) about Kenya rural folks when you ask for directions is they tend to underestimate the distances; they would tell you that your destination is just around the corner; you will soon find out that around the corner actually meant an hour away…..fun

By: HASH

HASH — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:49:33 +0000

@Josiah, true that helps some. However, I’ve found that the GPS alone sucks up quite a bit of energy.

By: Josiah

Josiah — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:33:02 +0000

Good stuff

On the G1, I usually track my trips using My Tracks – quite handy. If I don’t need the maps, I just turn off the data and use GPS alone to make the tracks, then after that upload it to My Maps.

By: HASH

HASH — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:03:47 +0000

@JKE, the batter lasts just over 4 hours if it has light use. Once I started doing the actual tracking via GPS, it really only lasted about 2 hours total. The one saving grace about the Nexus One is that you can put in your own batteries, so I’ll be picking up another one soon for that purpose.

By: Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg

Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:08:56 +0000

Looks like a fun adventure. We’ve spent some time in the Malewa Bay area and its gorgeous. Beautiful views of the rift.

By: jke

jke — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:05:36 +0000

Great trip nevertheless. U know to some of us such things are just as exciting as a mobile payment system.

Re: battery runtime. Did it last? An alternative could be http://sportstracker.nokia.com/nts/main/index.do for your E71.