Africa
South Africa
Northwestern South Africa is sparsely populated. Long straight roads pass though spectacular scenery, dry plains surrounded by mountain ranges! Arriving in Cape Town is equally
November 7, 2019
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I have always travelled and as the months and years passed I realised how much I love travelling overland on a motorbike, the seeds of a new adventure developed. I wasn’t about to return to Asia, so I needed a new challenge, looking on the map, it was either The America’s or Africa. The decision was easy, I choose what I thought would be the more challenging but rewarding continent, Africa.
I had wanted to ride to Nordkapp, the most northerly part of Europe a year earlier, but circumstances meant I had to postpone it. This led to the idea of riding from ‘North Cape’ to ‘South Cape’ (the most northerly part of Europe to the most southerly part of Africa). The idea was born…
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