GreatRiftValleyTrip

Preparation and Route

Entry 1: Why, whereto, when do we go, and what do we take along... all important questions... but more important yet, is the decision to actually GO!

Entry 2: Not the picture you want to see only a couple of days before your departure date! - Although you have every thing planned, inevitably something does not go according to plan... like that puddle of oil under my bike...

And We're off!

Entry3 : By Easter Sunday, we were as packed and ready as we were going to be...

Okavango, Caprivi and into Zambia

Entry 4 : From Windhoek we set of east through Gobabis to the Botswana border post, to the Okavango Delta and into Namibia's Caprivi strip.

Zambia - shouldn't my bike have a clutch?

Entry 5 : We visited the Victoria Falls - magnificent! In Livingston I noticed my clutch deteriorating...

A clutch is a clutch, is a clutch.. right?

Entry 6 : So we received our "new" used clutch on Friday, fitted it on Saturday morning, and by Saturday evening we were half way to the Malawi border.. however all is not well..

Malawi

Entry 7 : Having turned back to Lusaka, half way to Malawi, homeward bound, I didn't think we'd get to see Lake Malawi - for sure not on this trip! However as things turned out we figured we would give it another shot!

West Tanzania

Entry 8 : Into Tanzania, and up the B8 with our piki-piki (one description for motorcycle in Swahili, whether a 50cc scooter or a 1200cc BMW). What an experience!

Burundi Rwanda and Lat zero

Entry 9 : Burundi, Rwanda and the Equator... A year ago I wouldn't have thought I would be crossing these! Rwanda really surprised us.

Lat Zero - take two

Entry 10 : We've turned south, entered Kenya, crossed the equator again, and are officially heading home...

Kenya_Tanzania

Entry 11 : We've reached Tanga in Tanzania on the shore of the Indian ocean, the most eastern point of our trip. Then south through the Mikumi park on our way into Malawi again - the white beaches of Malawi are magical and we don't mind spending some more time on the lake shore... especially Flame Tree Lodge!

Mozambique1

Entry 12 : Into Mozambique - the last country on our list, before we head back into South Africa... and definitely one I've been looking forward to... It's been pretty hard work to ride EVERY day, 4 to 8 hours, depending on the road conditions... and the Moz coast was going to be a bit of a relaxing vacation for us... but first we have to slog through some "serious pothole" ridden stretches (according to our tracks4africa maps).