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Photo by Sean Howman, The Pamir highway in an unseasonably cold late October, Tajikistan

I haven't been everywhere...
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The Pamir highway in an unseasonably
cold late October, Tajikistan



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Hi Allan,

Richard here on this thread now.

I wouldn't stress about the Marsabit road. Lots of people got us a bit wary of it but in the end did it in two not too long days two up on the Bullet. Be more wary if it is raining though as the section closer to Ethiopia has the potential to get nasty. It's certainly quite a crunchy road so the chances of blowing a shock are there but the scenery is nice and Marsabit is pleasant enough. Then again you've got a good chance of damaging the bike as it shakes around the back of a truck. If you stay in Marsabit a good tip is to find Swiss Henry. He's a really nice guy and will let you camp at his place or I think he has one decent hut there too. Just ask for his son at the Shell station and he will give you directions. The region is pretty interesting because it's Samburu territory and very traditional.

Don't know what it is with all these BMWs and their shock popping antics....
Richard - Thanks for jumping in again. I'm trying to sort through all of this as my timing is getting tighter for a number of reasons I'll go into later... i did go through Serengeti and Ngorogoro and trailered the bike through. It was an amazing experience and no sitting in kampala trying to sort the sudan visa thing... but i definately don't want to damage the bike in any way...

getting back to Dongola and the Nile. You mentioned you followed the Nile?? That meant not taking the ferry at Dongola but rather taking a ferry more north? This avoided some of the real bad sand, from what I heard from Mountain Man, Tom?

You remember any of this?
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Hi Allan,

I crossed at Dongola, there is a crossing further North but I couldn't really comment on it. Either crossing you take you will pretty much follow the Nile, just on different sides of the river.

Some of the sandier stuff was indeed just North of Dongola but this is where the Chinese had also been at their busiest. When I passed through you could cut past the barriers and ride on asphalt for some sections. I would imagine now that there is a whole load more tarred road to ride on.

Our blog from May last year - http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tst...ls/2007_05.php - has a bit more info about riding impressions and might be useful. Scroll down to the 2 May entry.

Still in Benin, waited for a new rim to replace the old mutilated one and then made it to the North of the country to be beset by ignition problems. Shipped it back to the coast and then realised what it was. Fixed it up today and ready to go again. Fingers crossed and home in a month now!

All the best,

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For those people that love maps. Here is a map of Northern Kenya ~1978
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