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 [...]

London to Cape Town : 1 week to go …

That is it ! I do not think I can do any more or prepare anything else. Only packing left to do now. Bought a few stuff this week, shorts, trousers, medicines, toiletries … you name it ! Pretty much done on the shopping front. We also did some byway riding this past weekend down [...]

I want to go now … today 3 weeks

3 weeks today, I will be in Strasbourg, France on my way to Italy to embark on our London to Cape Town adventure. Most of the stuff is now in storage, we moved everything yesterday, so now with an emptier, but messy room, I started sorting out my panniers for the trip. Packing panniers is [...]

London to Cape Town : 3 weeks to go …

3 weeks tomorrow, I will be somewhere in France already making my way towards Italy. Today I have been packing some of the last stuff I won’t need to go into storage. I hate packing .. it’s an awful job, but it’s slightly better than moving at least,  as I don’t have to go unpack [...]

Update: London to Cape Town by Motorcycle

Here’s the latest … first of all another “self-designed” job on the left hand side … ready to tackle Africa, hopefully without being chased down by a lioness ! Secondly, we have yet another new route, but at least some fixed dates now. We are leaving for Egypt on the 23rd of September using the [...]

Leaving date … August 2010

I think I have decided on a leaving date. It just makes things easier to organize and arrange a few things. Things like visas are so difficult to organize without a definite date of travel. I think a good time to leave is around August, so it will be August 2010. This will give us [...]