Antwerp to Cape Town and back:start dec 2011
 

Hi all you HUBBers,

A few days ago I decided to drive my Yamaha ténére around Africa and I will start this little trip as soon as december 2011. You can read the motivation here:
Africa Full Circle

Around the 12th of dec I will take the ferry from Sete in France to Nador. I will traverse Morocco in just a week (I was there already 3 times) and then make sure I'm in Mali on the 8th of Januari as I'll meet up with a friend. From then on it will be more relaxed. Another 3 months to SA arriving around april and then up the east coast in another 5 months, arriving back home before winter 2012. These periods are ofcourse preliminary, only thing I'm sure about is when I'm leaving.

Are any of you on that route? I know of 2 other Belgians, but they are a couple of months ahead of me.
I will be traveling alone on a bike, but it would be great to team up for the more difficult stretches, even with overlanders in a 4x4.

Wish me luck and maybe we'll meet somewhere on the road, beer's on me!

West Africa
 

Hey Tony,
I watched some of your West Africa videos, looked like an incredible trip! I'm living in France at the moment and I was also thinking of making a trip to Africa when I'm done here, sometime around the 12-14 of December. I only have about 45 days available to travel, but was looking to make it possibly as far as Dakar. I will also be biking it alone. Could be worthwhile to meet up or do some traveling. Cheers

Hi, sounds great this trip, how will you hanndle the conflicted countries? i'm thinking/planning to do something similar and get a year, very similar route as you and after jump to Libya move throug suez cannal to israel and Australia direction....

I will follow you to see how is going!!

Hey Mason,
sorry for the late reply, I lost track of this topic. If you arrive in Morocco, send me a mail (contact details on my blog), then we'll see if it's possible to meet up. At the moment I am in contact with about 4 people that all are on the same route but all traveling a few days apart. It's gonna get busy in Morocco.
See you on the road, take care,
Tony

hi tony.
Im leaving for an east coast trip this january, starting from addis ababa. I know its the oppisite way to you but im taking about 8 months for this trip so i will probably still be on my way down when you start heading north. Might be nice to meet on the way. Enjoy the trip, good luck,
Callum.

Hi Callum,

You can follow my progress on the blog, so get in touch when you are close!
Always nice to have a beer with another overlander.bier

Hi Tony,
i am going to take ferry to tanger from genova on 15/12,
i will drive to mali,bandiagara,than burkina,mali again senegal,mauritania and back to morocco.
i drive africa twin gray color.
i would enter burkina around 27/12.
maybe we will meet each other on the road....
andrea.