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Old 30 Jun 2019
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Simple And Away Touring Africa on their BMW R80GS SWT-Sports 92

Hey All

Max & Ania here. We’ve been on the forum in some way or another for a few years now.
We’re a traveling couple who did a big trip from Switzerland to Malaysia back in 2015 and are now headed from Cape Town towards Uganda on our modified (by SWT-Sports) BMW R80GS.

I come from Ireland, she comes from Poland, we met in Egypt and have been on the bike since China.

Just thought I'd share/keep you guys up to date and hopefully create some wanderlust!

I’ll reply to this thread on some interesting details regarding shipping, packing, pillion riding, border crossings etc. Feel free to ask any question about any details of the trip here or on any of the available channels.

This is my lovely wife and our home for the next few months.


The bike build thread is here:
https://advrider.com/f/threads/build...nr-92.1367414/
Ask me any technical questions ask here or over on advrider.com

Our YouTube is here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxv...confirmation=1

Instagram here:
https://www.instagram.com/simpleandaway/
I'll post here every few days/weeks whenever something fantastic happens.
Currently we are heading towards Botswana through South Africa with Lesotho and Swaziland behind us.

We've already made a couple videos and I'll sum them up for the lazy people:

Episode 1:
We're still at home, preparing for our trip. We have no idea what we are doing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEmPA3HTbHM

Episode 2:
We arrive in Cape Town, do some tourist stuff and pick up our bike from the freight agent (shipping Germany to Cape Town).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGcdF8YX_XE

Episode 3:
First offload in Africa, Shark Cage Diving & Ziplining.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA4CjGncSdo

Episode 4:
Did the awesome Swatberg Pass. Some good drone shots & funny stories
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta0bfBVPrGc

Episode 5:
Baviaanskloof. Holy Crap that was a tough ride!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14MZLqyuMSo
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