Riding from the Lesotho border to Coffee Bay - our current location on the South African “Wildcoast” - we passed 50,000km (since leaving Singapore). A quick high five and we continued through the region of Kwazulu Nata towards the Indian Ocean, before getting lost in fog. More on that later…
Before entering Lesotho we spent a [...]

Visits to both Lesotho consulates in Pretoria and Johannesburg failed to deliver a quick visa for Iza, who is traveling only on a Polish passport and needs to apply in advance. The application process is too long and regimented, so we’ll just turn up at the border and see what happens. The stay in Johannesburg [...]

Well we’ve made it to South Africa!! Cape Town now seems within touching distance, although it’s still over 2,000km’s and a couple weeks away. We’re currently in Johannesburg. A truly metropolitan city, with too many shopping malls and traffic jams. It’s a world away from the Africa we have seen so far.
Leaving Lilongwe (in Malawi) [...]