Detour Ahead!!

51. Morocco 14 Comments

We left Singapore on 20 April, 2008. The mission was simple - return to our homeland on two wheels - at the same time saving on air fares. So far we’ve visited 50 countries and covered over 80,000km (half of that off-road). We’ve loved every minute of it and at this stage can’t imagine [...]

10 months through Africa - in pictures

51. Morocco 9 Comments

Over 50,000km’s through the African wilderness. 3 months from Djibuti to South Africa. Another 7 months from South Africa via the west coast to Morocco…
DJIBUTI - Lake Assal

ETHIOPIA - Omo Valley

ETHIOPIA - Boys in Harar

ETHIOPIA - Bull Jumping Ceremony of the Hamer tribe

KENYA - Lake Turkana

KENYA - A local GPS

TANZANII - The dry season

MALAWI - [...]

Winds of change…

50. Mauritania, 51. Morocco 7 Comments

During the two night stop in Nouakchott we rested a bit and did some servicing on Iza’s bike. We replaced the worn out chain and a lost ‘kicker’ for the kick starter, re-welded the cracked engine guards, re-attached the exhaust to the engine and tightened some more loose screws. All in all, a small list [...]

From jungle to desert…

48. Guinea, 49. Senegal, 50. Mauritania 5 Comments

The wet continues… It’s rained almost every day since we entered Liberia. Not such a big deal on the tarmac, but get on any of the jungle pistes and you slow down to walking pace. We were still keen however to cross into Senegal using the more obscure route via the village of Mali. We [...]

Transit Sierra Leone, enter Guinea

46. Liberia, 47. Sierra Leone, 48. Guinea 5 Comments

Monrovia has got ridiculously expensive accommodation, so having picked up the Sierra Leone visa (including permits for the bikes) the same day, we were keen to hit the road immediately. However, maintenance required on the Access meant we had to overnight in the Liberian capital. The cheapest motel we could find was clean enough, but [...]