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Belgium to Cape Town 2014
Hello,

I'm planning my trip to Cape Town. Is anyone interested to join during my trip. I will leave my home town Brussels the first of August.

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Koenraad
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hi. Ive been thinking of this trip for a while and replied to a few posts here but not managed to get dates that work. August next year would be possible for me.
Im Irish, based in Dublin, reasonably experienced overlander riding BMW 1200 GSA. how much planning have you done? Ive looked at the classic route in a bit of detail and it seems the most obvious but interested in your thoughts
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Hi guys,

I am going to take off around middle of March, from Antwerp, Belgium also heading to Cape Town.

Together with a friend from Argentina.

On a KLR and a Yamaha Tenere from 1990.

If you decide to go earlier, keep me posted.

wr, Bart
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Hi guys

I am also looking into doing London to Cape Town in the second half of 2014, so an August departure is fine with me. How much time do you have?

I have done some research, and the most tricky bit at the moment seems to get to Egypt without going through Lybia. I know there is a ferry from Turkey. However, we should also consider boarding a cargo ship. I have done it across the Caspian Sea in May, and it is not so bad. Actually I quite enjoyed the experience. Here is the link:

Grimaldi Group

Basically, it is a six day "cruise" from Salerno (Italy) to Alexandria (Egypt) stopping at Piraeus (Greece) and Izmir (Turkey) on the way.

Let me know what you think.

Cheers

Sam
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Time wasting fool
Why did this fool start a thread, get earnest replies from people then not bother answering. Time waster who will never do a proper adventure trip and certainly, judged by his history here , ever find a good travel companion
I've seen this kind of stuff a few times on here and my advise to the moderator is to ban anyone who does similar
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Why did this fool start a thread, get earnest replies from people then not bother answering. Time waster who will never do a proper adventure trip and certainly, judged by his history here , ever find a good travel companion
I've seen this kind of stuff a few times on here and my advise to the moderator is to ban anyone who does similar
Hi Brian

you are right. However, it could serve the purpose of other people meeting up. I am still interested in doing this trip. If you are, we can start our own discussion. Although I may end up doing this trip solo, I think pairing up would be safer in Africa especially if we decide to get off the "tourist track" were roads may be very bad/absent and very little assistance around.

The tricky bit is to get to Egypt without going through Lybia or Iraq which means taking a boat of some sort. Apparently there are still ferries from Turkey. However, I found an Italian cargo company (Grimaldi) that does host people on their cargo ships. We could take on in Salerno (Southern Italy) and get to Alexandria in few days. I took a cargo ship to get across the Caspian sea last May, and it was actually a very good experience.

Cheers

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I have done some research, and the most tricky bit at the moment seems to get to Egypt without going through Lybia. I know there is a ferry from Turkey.
Did you check out that one?
[url=http://www.unroro.com.tr/EN/LINES/default.asp]U.N-RORO Web Sitesine Ho
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hey Bart
ik ben de peter en afkomstig van Ekeren
ik vertrek in oktober naar zuid Afrika zouden we eens kunnen afspreken in de ene of andere café om eens over de roette te spreken oe dat je gaat rijden enz..... voort
ben zelf al een keer tot in Tokio gereden laat eens iets weten
grt peter
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Hi Guys
It sounds as if there is quite a bit of interest in a trip through Africa, North to South, for the second part of this year. I am also interested in doing this. How much research and planning have you guys done? Is it possible to do a "central planning" project? Even if nobody ends up going at the same time, if a trip like that can be planned, centrally so to speak, with input by everybody it has to be on interest? Any thoughts?
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PS: Sorry, I don't want to hijack the thread, should we discuss it somewhere else?
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Hi Guys
It sounds as if there is quite a bit of interest in a trip through Africa, North to South, for the second part of this year. I am also interested in doing this. How much research and planning have you guys done? Is it possible to do a "central planning" project? Even if nobody ends up going at the same time, if a trip like that can be planned, centrally so to speak, with input by everybody it has to be on interest? Any thoughts?
Etienne
PS: Sorry, I don't want to hijack the thread, should we discuss it somewhere else?
Hi Etienne

I am not sure what you mean by "central planning project". But surely we could exchange information. For example, I already have some information about cargo ships from Italy to Africa,
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Hi guys,

I am going to take off around middle of March, from Antwerp, Belgium also heading to Cape Town.

Together with a friend from Argentina.

On a KLR and a Yamaha Tenere from 1990.

If you decide to go earlier, keep me posted.

wr, Bart
Hi Bart

Which route are you going to take? Eastern or Western?
I will depart from Switzerland end of February on my Toyota Landcruiser 78.
I am planning to take the ferry between Turkey and Egypt and then drive south the classic eastern route.

Would appreciate your answer.

Cheers
Lukas
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Antwerp - Capetown _ March 2014
Hi Lukas,

I am going for the West route: Morocco, Mauretania, Senegal, Mali, Burkina, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroun, DRC, Zambia, Namibia, Cape Town

The Egypt - Sudan part, I don't really like about the Eastern route ;-)

Wr, Bart


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Hi Bart

Which route are you going to take? Eastern or Western?
I will depart from Switzerland end of February on my Toyota Landcruiser 78.
I am planning to take the ferry between Turkey and Egypt and then drive south the classic eastern route.

Would appreciate your answer.

Cheers
Lukas
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Lots of people going to CPT!

Did Brussels-Nairobi myself some 15 months ago,
and intend to do 2nd part somewhere Sept 2014.

@ Etienne Questions? go ahead.
@ Koenraad and all others: am living in Brussels and
happy to meet and talk about driving down south.
good driving to all!

geertvdgucht@yahoo.com
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Lots of people going to CPT!

Did Brussels-Nairobi myself some 15 months ago,
and intend to do 2nd part somewhere Sept 2014.

@ Etienne Questions? go ahead.
@ Koenraad and all others: am living in Brussels and
happy to meet and talk about driving down south.
good driving to all!

geertvdgucht@yahoo.com
Hi Geert
Thanks, appreciate it! Do you have a copy of the route that you took? Did you camp or stay in hotels? Did you do it as part of a group or on your own? Did you keep a travel blog?
There are so many things I don't know, I don't know where to begin!
Take care
Etienne
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Etienne,
The route was the classic eastroute, was together with travelbuddy from
Istanbul and yes we did some camping, even in the Sudan.
For details like ferries/fuel/boardercrossing, send me a pm please.

Geert
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