first full day on the Rally Raid KTM 690..

This morning around 7am, I left Strand in the Western Cape heading for Ceres. I took the R44, through Stellenbosch over the N1 highway to Wellington. I filled up all my tanks at Wellington, about 13L including the fuel that was in there already. I headed straight for Ceres via the Bain’s Kloof pass, beautiful [...]

… picked up my Rally Raid KTM 690 (Oryx)

I arrived in Cape Town a few days ago. Saturday morning, I went through to KTM Cape Town to drop off the Guts Racing seat foam/cover and the Rally Raid rear aux tank. Yesterday and today, they got the sear re-covered and fitted the aux tank for me. I have to say, I was really [...]

Rally Raid KTM 690 .. South African road trip

The time is almost here … tomorrow night (snow-willing), I will be on a plane heading for South Africa. KTM Cape Town confirmed that Rally Raid is sending my stuff down to Cape Town today, so should be there later this week for them to build and prep the bike before the weekend … very [...]

New mini-African adventure

This blog was mainly dedicated to my London to South Africa expedition on my BMW F800GS, but I have decided to still use this blog for any other motorcycling tours/adventures I might do. I recently purchased a KTM 690 Enduro R from KTM in Cape Town. It is a bike they nicknamed the Oryx since [...]

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 [...]

… 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 [...]

Rest Day: Aswan, Egypt

Today was actually a rest day for us all, not by choice, but very welcoming. We are staying at a lovely hotel, called the Sara Hotel. We had to be in Aswan yesterday morning early to book and pay for the ferry tickets and with all that done, we had a day to spare before [...]

Roughing it in Egypt ..

We decided to wake up and hit the road at 4am the morning to miss the desert heat and get some miles done. The problem is that Lindsay and I stayed up a little late, so only got about 4 hours sleep, which meant we were a little tired on the road. As we left, [...]

My first little oasis in Egypt

This morning, the Talat (the owner) served us breakfast, some omellete, cheese, bread and jams. He sat with us and also offered us some fresh dates. He said he is addicted to them. He actually runs Desert tours, so check out his website, http://www.edengardentours.com As we left the campsite, Delilah came off her bike in [...]