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After an invitation to a wedding in Capetown I decided to ride down there from Vienna, Austria, on my motorbike - find more about a great trip with a great story and great pictures!
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Pictures of the world taken during motorcycles journeys across Africa, Middle-East and Asia :
- A six months trip from France to Yemen through Middle-East and East Africa.
- 25500 km from Venezia to Beijing through central Asia and China
Riding home to South Africa from London, UK.
"In early 1999 I took a wander from South Africa up to East Africa on my XT500, visiting Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Uganda and Kenya..."
Over 70 thousand kilometers via the roads and side roads of Asia, Africa and Europe, 50 countries to visit, 15 months on the road, 2 adventure seekers and 1 motorcycle…..
Caroline Dalton (UK), Páll Sigþór Pálsson (Iceland), Haukur Valdimar Pálsson (Iceland), and Pierre-Alain Giraud (France) embarked on their African adventure in 2007 with Motorbikes (Honda Africa Twin 1999 and Honda Trans Alp 1996) and a 1996 Land Rover Discovery
A father-and-son team, "20,000km and 85 days of travel through, South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, and Namibia."
"The link contains an interactive trip report of my 2007 Morocco trip. It has interactive maps, pictures, downloadable tracklogs, track data, story, waypoints etc..."
Africa adventure on a Land Cruiser, 2009
"Cathy and Glyn traveling from Bristol to Cape Town on their F650 Dakars. Start date 29th September, 2007"
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