(Fake) sheep skin seats in the making
by Today our bikes went for their first proper service before we hit the road on Monday. Peter and Francois also discussed which extra parts we …
Month: August 2011
Medicines sorted!
I left the house this afternoon with a long list of things to buy, amongst others medicines for the trip! Our friend Jacolise is a …
What to pack?
by Last night we both went through version 1.0 of our packing list. There is so much to think of on a trip of more than …
Let’s drink to Cape to Cairo!
Imagine my surprise when I found the following box of wine at a wine shop at the Old Biscuit Mill in Cape Town today… One …
We enter the final week before departure
We’ve been busy the past week, finishing off our jobs and business commitments and thus the five day silence on the blog. From here on …
Carnet de Passages en Douane – what a mouthful!
Today we received our Carnet’s whoop whoop! This piece of unimpressive looking, yet sophisticated sounding “Carnet de Passages en Douane” document is a requirement to …
All wired up and halfway ready to go
Yesterday we borrowed Ferdie’s bakkie (dankie dude!) to pick up the Motomia’s we’ll be riding to Cairo for three months. Peter and the guys at …
The Bikes are here!
We picked up our two brand new 200cc bikes from Motomia today! Thanks to the team at Motomia, they look absolutely awesome with their cool …
Adventure it is!
Today’s blog draws inspiration from an email sent to me today by my good friend Bongi… She wrote the following to me and I wanted …
One last shot at the GP… ouch!
We received our final shot this afternoon from the GP and we are now covered against Hepatitus A & B, Mengingitis, Typhoid, Polio, crazy dog …
