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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Now that I had actually made it to one of the key destinations on my trip through Africa, Victoria Falls, I had to chose some memorable...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Today was a relatively simple and quick journey. Only 50 miles further south to my next destination, the Mushroom Farm. This is an...
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...