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2 German bikers had an accident in Egypt

Just read in the newspaper today about 2 motorbikers had a road accident between Dakhla and Kharga oases road in Egypt .cause of sand storm (according the the news )
so i made few phone calls and i knew now that the German Michel Hurry i think and his lady Kathrine or Katrina are good and they are in Cairo with a German friend they met in Sudan Susanne
the man i think have a broken rip and the lady is fine
i was going to drive there if they had no help but thanks to Susanne
i believe they will may send the bikes back home and end the trip as at least one bike is badly damaged
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thanks for all the help

Hello,

I am Katrin, the one of the Germans, and I would like to add two things to this:

First, the newspaper was "half right", Michael had an accident with his motorcycle, but luckely I am not, I could stop before the sand.
Michael has some broken ribs, a broken hand, a squeezed lung....yesterday they transported him by ambulance plane to a German hospital and they told me, everything is repairable. They have to do an operation at his lung, but he will be fine.

And secondly I would really like to thank you the Egypt people for all their help. I cannot list everyone here, but it started with helpful people on the road in the desert, all the people who helped with the transportation to the hospital in Kharga and from there to Cairo, who helped Michael and who helped with the transportation of the bikes.....I say thank you especially to Susanne for all her help and her hospitality. ..I thank you Omar for your call and offering help....It is amazing how much help is offered to us!
(I will stay some more days in Cairo, try to get all the needed paperwork to ship Michaels bike and then probably come to Alexandria in May...)

Thank all of you and everyone who asked about Michael after hearing of the accident!
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Good to hear that you are OK and the Michael is in safe hands !

Great to hear about your experiences with the Egyptian people - I have travelled in Egypt and, despite what the media would have us believe, it is a truly wonderful place to ride and the people are amazing - friendly, welcoming, and, as you have found, overwhelmingly helpful !

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Get well soon Michael. Hope to see you both on the road sometime
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Sad to hear but it will turn out good! Everything happens for a reason, but who knows what this was for? :confused1:

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