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Old 24 Aug 2016
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Anyone else travelling west route to Cape Town from Nov/Dec/Jan to Jun

Hi everyone,


I will be starting a journey from the UK to S. Africa via the west route, starting late this year and plan to spend about 6 months on the journey. Keen to meet some new people and share some experiences.


If you're heading this way and want some company let me know, whether its for the whole way or just for a when our paths cross.


A bit about me;
I'm James, 27, just due to be made redundant and looking forward to realising a long held pipe dream
I'm pretty chilled out person and go with the flow. It takes quite a lot to get me stressed - I've found this is useful with the world of officialdom, bureaucracy and corruption
I'm travelling for the experience and so I'm not wedded to a specific route - just a general direction (South!!) If you want to know more let me know
I'm riding an XT660R
I've not done anything as big as this, but I rode to Iran and back 6 years ago so I'm not a complete Newbie
Afraid I can't speak French but experience suggests I'm pretty good at dealing with dodgy situations with sign language


Look forward to hearing from you good people and sharing a in future


James
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Got a bit more clarity now.

I plan to leave the UK around Dec 9th and be on the road for 6 months to S.Africa via the west route

If anyone is going in the same direction and fancies sharing part of the ride at the beginning / middle or end, then just let me know. Always good to meet new people, but no pressure. Happy to ride alone, with someone else or in a group and will undoubtedly do all 3 at different times.

Happy Riding
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West Africa

We are in Nigeria now so will probably pass as we are headed North !!

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We are in Nigeria now so will probably pass as we are headed North !!

Cheers
Paul
Once I'm on the road I'll drop you a message to see where we may pass and share a drink and what's up the road in both directions. Safe riding

J
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Got a bit more clarity now.

I plan to leave the UK around Dec 9th and be on the road for 6 months to S.Africa via the west route

If anyone is going in the same direction and fancies sharing part of the ride at the beginning / middle or end, then just let me know. Always good to meet new people, but no pressure. Happy to ride alone, with someone else or in a group and will undoubtedly do all 3 at different times.

Happy Riding
Hi,
we are a couple of 64 years old and we are planning to make a trip with our 4x4 in West Africa on beginning of 2017.
We are planning to be in Dakar on 10th of January 2017 and to go for about two months to Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Conakry, Ivory Cost, Ghana, ecc.
Our goal is to reach Capetown but with different stops (traveling two months then return to Italy for few months then returning back and so....).
We are Italian and we speak English, French, Portuguese, Spanish and off course Italian.
If you are interest we could plane to make some steps toghether.
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Piero

Hi from Ireland
We planning to do trip to Southern Africa in 4x4
We also plan to break the trip up into sections
Have you found any safe long term parking spaces ?
How do you plan to leave countries without your vehicle , do you think customs will have a problem with this ?
Will you use a Carnet , will this solve Customs problems ??
We plan to Long Term Park in Marrakech later this month a see what problems occur
See our post in Morroco section
We are on Face book DublinDakar

Maurice
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Hi,
we are a couple of 64 years old and we are planning to make a trip with our 4x4 in West Africa on beginning of 2017.
We are planning to be in Dakar on 10th of January 2017 and to go for about two months to Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Conakry, Ivory Cost, Ghana, ecc.
Our goal is to reach Capetown but with different stops (traveling two months then return to Italy for few months then returning back and so....).
We are Italian and we speak English, French, Portuguese, Spanish and off course Italian.
If you are interest we could plane to make some steps toghether.
Best regards
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Piero &Mirella http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...s/biggrin2.gif
Piero, Mirella - Sounds like a great plan you have. I should also be in Senegal around early to mid Jan. I'll PM you my contact details and hopefully we can see if our paths cross in Jan.
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Piero

Hi from Ireland
We planning to do trip to Southern Africa in 4x4
We also plan to break the trip up into sections
Have you found any safe long term parking spaces ?
How do you plan to leave countries without your vehicle , do you think customs will have a problem with this ?
Will you use a Carnet , will this solve Customs problems ??
We plan to Long Term Park in Marrakech later this month a see what problems occur
See our post in Morroco section
We are on Face book DublinDakar

Maurice
Hi Maurice,
we don't know now where we will leave the car for several months and go back.
We will check it on the road
We will do carnet just to avoid any problems
Will you plane to do same trip?
If you want to make some trip together why not?
We are also in contact with a swedish family and also we will travel hoping together.
My mail is mirella.cerioni@gmail.com if you want to contact me directly
Best regards
Piero
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Piero, Mirella - Sounds like a great plan you have. I should also be in Senegal around early to mid Jan. I'll PM you my contact details and hopefully we can see if our paths cross in Jan.
Hi James,
you can mail me at mirella.cerioni@gmail.com and talk about how we can meet in Senegal early january.
Best regards
Piero
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Hi everyone,


I will be starting a journey from the UK to S. Africa via the west route, starting late this year and plan to spend about 6 months on the journey. Keen to meet some new people and share some experiences.


If you're heading this way and want some company let me know, whether its for the whole way or just for a when our paths cross.


A bit about me;
I'm James, 27, just due to be made redundant and looking forward to realising a long held pipe dream
I'm pretty chilled out person and go with the flow. It takes quite a lot to get me stressed - I've found this is useful with the world of officialdom, bureaucracy and corruption
I'm travelling for the experience and so I'm not wedded to a specific route - just a general direction (South!!) If you want to know more let me know
I'm riding an XT660R
I've not done anything as big as this, but I rode to Iran and back 6 years ago so I'm not a complete Newbie
Afraid I can't speak French but experience suggests I'm pretty good at dealing with dodgy situations with sign language


Look forward to hearing from you good people and sharing a in future


James
HI James, I am doing that same general route but I had planned to cross to Morocco in November so as to be able to ride the high Atlas before it gets icy. My idea was to move along a bit faster, if possible. I'm doing a RTW and about 1/3 done. I don't hang out in HU or any other forum but I will be at the HUMM rally in Spain this month.

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Hi James,

I'm planning on heading down the West Coast with a friend, starting in May and doing it in 3 months. So, unlikely we'll meetup, unless you take more time, but it would definitely be great to hear how you get on, especially wrt borders like Mauritania etc.

Best of luck,

Richard
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Hi James,

Just doing the same route and currently in Dakar before pushing onto Mali, so it looks like I'm 4-8 weeks ahead of you. Let me know if you start catching up or if you need any advice on the borders/routes...so far I'd say Diama over Rosso all the way!

Will
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