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AFRICAN ADVENTURES - YAMAHA T700

Solo Motorcycle Trip from Nairobi to Cape Town

Give up my job and ride my motorbike  across Africa, by myself and with no back up... I must be mad!
Find out what is involved, the challenges and the experiences with my updates throughout the trip that starts on 20th January 2020.

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Summarising my African Adventure

So to sum up my 8 week African Adventure, I will start with the motorbike that I used, the Yamaha T7. I have to say I was surprised at...

Final 2 day trip - West Coast

With a couple of days left before returning to the UK I decided to use the time to explore some of the west coast of South Africa. This...

Tourist Stuff

Up until this point I had planned the whole trip from day to day for the last 7 weeks, but since arriving in Cape Town for 10 days I had...

Cape Town Here I Come!

It was time to move on from Betty’s Bay and make my way along the coast to Somerset West on the outskirts of Cape Town. I would be basing...

On to Betty’s Bay

It was time to leave Cape Agulhas Backpackers but as I was leaving the staff invited me to join them for birthday cake. They were...

The most southerly point in Africa

We managed to find a self catering apartment with safe parking for the night in Knysna. The town itself is busy and evening activity is...

Baviaanskloof Mountains

We were awoken yet again by the sounds of bagpipes. Yes, Graham was up but feeling very hungover. He obviously wanted to find out if...

Heading for the Coast

The previous days riding had taken it out of all of us as no one was in a rush to get out of bed. So it took a while before the bikes...

On to The Hogsback

I awoke to the sounds of bagpipes. It was Graham who had woken up early and got bored because we were all still asleep, so he decided to...

Time to leave Bloemfontein

After a 3 day staying at my friends Graham Maclachan’s house in Bloemfontein, I had managed to get my bike serviced, fit a set of new...

Into South Africa

My objective, once I had crossed the border into South Africa was to head to Bloemfontein to start the next part of my African Adventure,...

How Hot?

The B & B that I checked into when I arrived in Nata was, how can I put it, interesting. It was a property that was accessed via a sandy...

Botswana here I come.

After a 5 day stop at Livingstone it was time to move on and make my way to the Kazangula border crossing into Botswana. This was my 4th...

Victoria Falls

Christmar Hotel in Lusaka was a good stop over that ensured that I did not have a repeat of the previous night having to ride through the...

It’s Sunny - Off to a Safari Lodge

After riding through torrential rain the night before on my way to Chongwe, I awoke to a hot sunny day, so decided to deviate from my...

Zambia and the rain

After an excellent nights sleep and a top notch breakfast at the Rafiki Safari Lodge, I was ready to make my way into Zambia, only to be...

On the Road to Rafiki Safari Lodge

My intension was to leave the Mushroom Farm as early as possible, so that I could try and get down to the main road before the...

Relax...3 days off the bike

Today was a relatively simple and quick journey. Only 50 miles further south to my next destination, the Mushroom Farm. This is an...

A decent hotel ..finally!

I managed to get a semi ok nights sleep in the Happy Hills Hotel in Iringa, even though the local dog decided to go into song at 2am for...

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