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!
Oh joy... a puddle of oil!
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...
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).
Mosambican beaches
Entry 13 : Mozambican beaches - sun and endless white, sandy beaches... as close to paradise as it gets!
Homewardbound
Entry14 : Back in Beautiful ZA! Pristine roads... So all good things have to come to an end!