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Morocco A daunting introduction to Morocco. Another cold start and a two hour ride round Rabat looking for an Hotel. Hotel hunting is turning into a bit of a sport. The bike is booked in for a service, and it rains a lot in Casablanca. A long wait at BMW. Some long days in the saddle. Clear of Morocco and into- Mauritania Late arrival at Nouadhibou, Mauritania. Kipping in a Service Station. Incredible driving in Nouakchott. Lazy day in Nouakchott. Arriving in Rosso, not nice. The Diemma crossing!! Senegal Broken down bike, not mine. Great site at Lac Rose. No visa at CDI Embassy Great roads from Kaffrine to Tambacounda. Mali Easy border crossing. Met Jean Phillipe & Yumi. 1st night in the wild. Woke up not eaten by local wildlife. No VTE in Bamako Still no tyres. Expensive Visa’s. Day Trip to Djenne. Good bye Mali, Hello…. Burkina Faso Easy crossing into BF. 8 Nights in Ougadougou. A change of itinerary. Measuring up for a container. Leave Ouaga eventually. Benin No probs crossing again. Getting a bit more jungly. A lucky escape? No camping on the beach. Card eaten at Cotonou. 3 up on a C90. Stuck at Grand Popo. Togo Who’s following who? Nearly found tyres. Heavy fruit! Lorraine’s camera fixed. Right choice to ship out. Akloa Falls day trip.
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Date: 21/01/09 - 25/10/09 |
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17/03/2009 Crossing into:- Ghana African Haircut. Meeting up with the team again. Don’t believe the menu. Hurry up and wait. Tuna by the bucket full. Finally fed up with the Sealane Hotel. No room on the boat for us!! Flights booked to Johannesburg. Puppy. The team grows. Blue Sky Hotel!! 17/04/2009 arrive:- South Africa Back to civilisation! IGot-U stolen. Elections and Public Holidays. Quotes sorted and Agent booked. Happy Birthday to me. Good to have the vehicles back. The “Family” splits up. New tyres at last! Back on the road again. More storms. Brilliant Backpackers. Highland Games!! Carving up the local golf course. No go Lesotho. Thumpers. Chicken Rally. New IGOT-U arrives. Brake Pads, More costly than the Service! Rosemary. No animals. 12/06/2009 arrive:- Swaziland Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary. Riding the logging roads. 16/06/2009 back into:- South Africa Sleeping on stones. Charlie (Chin) Bradley. Kruger National Park. Blyde River Canyon.
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27/06/2009 arrive:- Botswana Meet Ian again. Okavango Delta. 08/07/2009 arrive:- Zambia No sleep. Vic Falls. 11/07/2009 arrive:- Namibia Hard first day in Namibia. Nice room for the price of camping. Meteorite and lion. Difficult Car Hire. Etosha National Park. Hard wood. Hard roads. Meet the French family again. Mike and Massa. Rocks. Gravel. Out of fuel. No shipwrecks. Nearly a bike wreck! Met Roly & Steve. 11/08/2009 arrive:- South Africa Holiday! Shipping. 18,000 mile service. Langebaan. Ian flies home. On the road again. Route 62. Sex shop! Kango Caves. Swartberg Pass. Graaf Reinet. Addo Elephant Park. Garden Route. Can’t go any further South. BMW meeting. Bike packed and ready to go. Evicted!! Loaded. Good bye South Africa. Arrive Buenos Aires.
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