Overloaded. Overtired. Only 14931 miles to go to Cape Town. Let the trip
begin. On a ferry to France.
In Brugge now enjoying a waffle. Then off to Germany to get
a campsite
France
done. Belgium
done. Netherlands
done. Berlin
here we come, well maybe tomorrow. McDonalds will do for now.
Just 100 miles to Berlin.
The driving on the autobahn is yet to improve. How do you judge a car in your
mirror at double your speed?
In Berlin
having a great time with friends new and old. Good time to explore the city for
a few days.
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Walking through Berlin
soaking up the history and the sun
Wow, what a history. We love Berlin.
BMW Berlin, you are the best, sorting out Delilah's bike
tomorrow before we leave for Czech
Off to Prague
in the morning, please let the weather be nice!!
In Czech just outside of Prague. Been eaten alive by mozis
Bye bye Prague
1000 miles done only 14000 to go
Ceske Krumlov is our next stop. Google it to see how
beautiful it actually is
In Linz, Austria watching an opera on the river Danube. Brilliant sound
On the autobahn in Austria
just having dipped back into Germany
on our way to Milan
In the mountains of Italy camping for the night. In Milan by tomorrow
afternoon
At Lake Garda about 160km from Milan, taking a quick dip and catching up on
our tans
Now camping on Lake
Como. Again being chowed
by mozi's. Ouch!!!
Italian drivers!!! Aaaii carumba. Get me out of here.
Just been to the tower
of Pisa. A must do!!
Warning: by foot and nit by bike. Refer to my previous tweet.
Wet wet wet. I thought it was summer In Italy. We are soaked
to the bones camping in the Cinque Terra area.
5hrs and 143km of mountain passes, without any rain. What
more could you ask for. Camping on the coast just off Arenzano. Finally some r
...
Remember my last blog. The missing bike keys. Well ask and
He shall provide. I got them back this morning. Woohoo
In Venice
after a very different ride on new offroad biased tyres.
Thanks
again Diego for all your help on this trip. Rent-a-Dream
Milan rocks
@sum1els its
about time, :-) see you in a bit, we are just sorting to leave in an hour or so
as well
Alexandria,
hectic traffic but great seafood
Alexandria,
what a hectic lifestyle. it's 1 o’clock in the morning and everyone is still
up, and don't get me started on the driving, hectic!!!
On the desert road in Egypt
heading towards Luxor
Sorry for the lack of updates but seems that having lost the
usefulness of my Iphone has temporarily incapacitated our communications
Currently in Aswan, Egypt after a beautiful days rest on (and in)
the Nile waiting for our ferry crossing tomorrow to Wadi Halfa, Sudan
Blogs are nearly up to date, just a few days behind now, so
keep checking the site for updates.
In Sudan
today after a rather interesting ferry trip. All well just waiting for vehicles
to arrive
Still stuck in Wady Halfa waiting for the vehicles to clear.
How bored can you get?
At Karima in Sudan
checking out the pyramids heading for Khartoum
In Ethiopia
at the moment. Really enjoying this beautiful country
Having some lunch on Lake Tana before heading to Addis Ababa
In Addis Ababa.
Just had breakfast. Got to sort out tyre burst on the 800 today
Sorry for lack of blog updates. Many to follow as Ethiopia has a
ban on blogspot website for some reason
Currently in Moyale Ethiopia
wasting to cross over to Kenya.
Ready to tackle the dreaded road to Marsabit
Finished the Mojale to Marcebit road with fairly minimal
damage to the bikes
Currently at Jungle Junction in Nairobi. Relaxing and sorting a few things on
the bikes
Now out of Nairobi well on
our way to Uganda.
Sleeping about 20m from feeding hippos. Awesome
Just survived a heavy storm on the While Nile in Uganda, Ooooh
camping is going to be interesting.......
White river rafting in the morning i guess.......nice one.
Might be the last time as they will be damming the Nile
up shortly
At Town View Hotel in Mubende, after a hectic ride from Kampala. Africa’s worst road
Just visited our Compassion sponsor kids deep in the
mountains, it was brilliant, think we've had enough of off-roading on the bikes
now.
Heading off to Rwanda this morning after the bikes
get a quick jetwash from last nights activities in the mud.
In Rwanda
having some lunch before passing on to Tanzania. What lovely people
Still in Tanzania
having just fixed Delilah’s bike after spills on the sand. Hope to head into Malawi on
Monday
Gotta love the Chinese. Free camping and water in their
roadworks site compound just north of Tunduma,
Tanzania. Off
to Malawi
in the mo ...
Currently sitting on the beach of Lake Malawi
waiting to get the rear shock of the 800gs fixed with no assistance from BMW
thanks very much
Lake Malawi. Not the worst
place in the world to be stuck waiting for spares
Crossed over to Zambia today. Good to be moving
again. Heading for Lusaka
in the morning. That’s one whole country completed on a broken bike
In Lusaka
after another long but very beautiful and twisty drive. Perfect for the bikes,
even one with a busted shock.
Not seen the falls yet but in Livingstone for a few days
before leaving for Namibia
Andre is now heading south, so he should reach SA in 2
days....that's the end of a good trip for him. We head to Namibia
tomorrow....maybe.
Crossed the border into Namibia today. Staying in the trees
with the elephants and buffalo below. Sweet
Note to self. Do not stay in a tree house during a really
rough and violent thunder storm. It was pretty hair raising
Boerewors and eggs again for breakfast. How could you
possibly go back to eating cereal. Only 250km from getting my bike fixed now.
Woohoo.
Just 1 more sleep till my bike gets fixed, its been 3500km
and 2,5 countries crossed with no rear shock absorber, my butt will be so
relieved
BMW Windhoek fixed our bikes and gave us a R1200GS to use
while we waited. Not sure Delilah wants to give it back as the rear seat is
awesome
Just been sandboarding in the Namib
Desert. Awesome. Off to Walvis Bay
in the morning
Just finished a bike run with the bikers club of Walvis Bay. Now heading for Sossusvlei. pity about the
sand roads to get there, great fun ...
Been and done Sossulsvlei, brilliant place to visit but my
camera broke due to fine sand, damn. Heading on down to SA over the next few
days.
Hard days riding yesterday. Almost 500km in 40 deg heat with
quarter of the riding on slow offroad. Exhausting
Not our hottest day but 43deg is pretty hot. Chilling out in
springbok at the moment
