some new videos, Ethiopia and Malawi …

It’s been a few months now since I have returned to the UK after my trip down Africa. I have now finally settled down in Kent and all my computers are set up and stuff … so when I’m bored I’m slowly doing some videos of the trip … the two most recent ones are [...]

last and probably the most expensive border …

Well, I guess you can call it the last border … that is the UK border, getting my bike back into the country and what a mission ! First of all, the scheduled departure has been delayed from South Africa several times. First of all, they had too many passengers and they couldn’t load the [...]

… when hell freezes over …

Well, it almost feels like it. Back in London, UK and I am absolutely freezing. The bike is still in sunny South Africa due to board a Virgin Atlantic flight on Monday night, so should have my wheels back my next week. I also ordered some handlebar muffs, I do not care if it looks [...]

closer and closer, already in Zambia

I left the lovely Madidi Lodge in Lilongwe, Malawi for only a short little 140km ride to the Zambia border. Upon my arrival as usual, you get overwhelmed by all the money changers, this time, I am ready and equipped with an iPhone app with all the currencies, bargained with them and changed my 11000 [...]

F800GS Problems

Looking at my blog stats, I have noticed the many readers find my blog by searching for “F800GS problems” … I would just like to say, apart from the problems in Egypt and Sudan … which was only a faulty side stand switch, most probably because it once fell over its own side stand in [...]

What the heck .. Malawi.

Sorry for the long post .. going to cover Malawi in one post … Tanzania – Malawi border was easy going … except for all these money changers at the borders, but I have found a way of dealing with them now. It is not me who wants the cash, they want to get rid [...]

To ferry or not to ferry …

We arrived in Kigoma a few days ago and whallah … Visa ATM machine Lindsay said we should maybe go to the port first to find out how much a ferry would be, then we know how much money to get, so off we went … At the ferry port, we found out there is [...]

Kenya and the road to Mars … a bit

Kenyan border was by far the easiest and quickest border crossing ever … 1..2..3.. and we were done and we were on our way. At first I loved it .. off road, Kenya, wildlife, Africa baby !! At the Kenyan border, Moyale All that soon came crashing down … who ever thought they could call [...]

Ethiopian drama …

We left Debra Markos, Sunday morning the 17th, hoping to be in Addis Ababa later that afternoon, well didn’t really go as planned. On the way there, once again beautiful scenery, some dodgy roads and lots of people. It still amazes me how quickly people appear out of nowhere when you stop next to the [...]

how can you go wrong ….

…. with such helpful service from your local BMW Motorrad dealer? They are such a great help when you are stuck in the middle of nowhere with a bike they call “unstoppable” …. Isn’t the GS range of motorcycles designed for these sort of conditions? They are bloody useless … BMW London Battersea / Park [...]