Pure delight. Adventure biking.

I am back home after nearly three weeks of radiation treatment.

The day is dawning. To celebrate my homecoming I now sit on my porch (stoep, what a beautiful Afrikaans word!) with a mug of coffee, enjoying the birds and going through the photographs of Nico Laurens after his motorbike ride through Eastern Africa.

In the previous post I mentioned how we met. Well, he did his ride without GPS and with old-fashioned maps. Africa touched him. I know our continent will benefit tremendously from his past, present and future experiences. Good to see highly educated and qualified people like Nico stay with their roots and ply their talents here.

The next post tomorrow will be a hairy experience and over the weekend you can read about Patti’s hair-raising experiences during their Africa crossing.

Enjoy the photographs!

My sleeping places on my ride.

Tanzania, north of Arusha.

Kenya, close to Naivasha.

Kenya: If he can ride there I can do it as well!

Entering Uganda.

Lake Tanganyika: Loading the KLR on the ferry.

The KLR found its place on the deck!

Sorry Nico, I lost the caption of this photograph! I know it is Zambia. Will correct it later.

Namibia: Vingerklip.

Namibia: Close to Brandberg.

Namibia: Help arrives. (Poor KLR!)

Experience comes at a price 🙂

 

How are we going to get it out?

Namibia: Close to the Messing crater.

Namibia: How the air filter shouldn’t look like!

Namibia: On the road to Aus.

Namibia: Luderitz

Namibia after crossing through part of the Richtersveld.

Thank you Nico for sharing some of your experiences!!