Flying high in Cape Town
March 13, 2009 6:44 pm 28. South AfricaTwo weeks in Cape Town. A chance to relax, organise visas, service the bike and put on a few pounds around the waist in preparation for the long journey up the west coast of Africa. With relatively cheap food and alcohol (US$0.50 a beer!!), we haven’t held back 
Apart from some general maintenance on the bike, we also changed the gear plates (gears were not disengaging), re-wired connections between alternator/regulator/battery, welded up cracks in the panniers and bought new tyres (Metzler Karoo T for the rear & Michelin T63 for the front). The TKC80’s had lasted all the way from Dubai (almost 22,000km’s!!). There wasn’t much left on them…
Also, the guys at Trac Mac (thanks David) were good enough to provide a free second-hand rear tyre, so we’ll only put the new tyres on at the Namibian/Angola border. Visas for Namibia were issued by the Namibia Tourism Board in one hour (easy). It won’t be so simple with the Angolan visa though. It is notoriously difficult to obtain and rejection of applications is common. We met three guys (Mark, Geoff & Migo) that had just finished riding down the west coast from Morocco (5 months) and they confirmed the Angolan visa application can be a nightmare. We’ll see.
We also met Ricky de Agrela. He’s not only ridden a motorcycle around South America, but he’s also flown his microlight around the world (www.safreedomflight.com)!!! He was good enough to take us for a joyflight around Cape Town. What an experience! We climbed through cloud, overflew Table Mountain and literally skimmed over waves at a beach.
Every minute was fantastic and will be long remembered.
P.S. We’ve added some new pics in the gallery. So check them out…
Piotr :
Date: March 16, 2009 @ 2:44
Pozdrowienia z SG
Jezeli nastepna wyprawa bedzie na motolotni do okola swiata ja sie na to pisze
3-mta sie ramy!!!
Pit
Luca :
Date: March 16, 2009 @ 15:18
No tak, mało widoków z ziemi to sobie jeszcze polatać musieli.
Z tego piękna Wam się w głowach poprzewraca. Z resztą pewnie już się poprzewracało.
Trzymać tak dalej, tylko częściej piszcie co u Was bo tu czeka zniecierpliwionych, czytaczy zazdrośników co niemiara.
Kobos :
Date: March 16, 2009 @ 23:47
eee tam, nuda, taka lotnia czy motocykl. zupelnie jak w polskim filmie. ja wczoraj kupilem nowego pilota do TV to dopiero radocha. tylko troche plechy bola od lezenia…
Lim Kian Leong :
Date: March 18, 2009 @ 5:53
Kamil this is the 1st time I come onboard and check out your adventure. All I can say is really thanks for the sharing, the opportunity to embark on such a adventure can only be undertaken by selected few and you are the brave and chosen one. You do us proud, although we are not there with you, we really feel you are bringing us along-just next to you. Thanks Kamil !
Rodzice-Basia i Grzegorz :
Date: March 18, 2009 @ 21:11
Nie zdziwilo mnie by juz wcale gdybyscie zawitali na ksiezycu. Z ziemi w powietrze a teraz to juz w kosmos. Dzieciaki, cudowna sparawa. Kochamy Was Kolumbowie. Rodzice
Road King :
Date: March 19, 2009 @ 11:59
Ale te widoki z motolotni zakręcone. Jeździcie twardo po ziemi, a głowy macie w chmurach. Tak trzymać. Pozdrawiam.
ola :
Date: March 20, 2009 @ 18:11
Och! Wy farciarze! Zazdrosc mnie zjada bo to moje marzenie wielkie tak nad Afryka polatac, ale i ciesze sie bardzo, ze taka okazja Wam sie trafila. Przepiekna sprawa. Szczesliwej drogi ku dalekiej polnocy. Pozdrawiam ola
Mark :
Date: March 21, 2009 @ 1:18
Hey Kam & Isa, enjoyed those beers in Cape Town. Best of luck on the ride north … !
droffarc :
Date: March 21, 2009 @ 19:36
Welcome in Cape Town - looks like you had an excellent trip so far, hope it continues all the way.
Geez, you really got that milage out of a TKC?
Anyway, best of luck and enjoy the trip - I’ll be watching.
Droffarc - Cape Town.