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Hi Les,
Im taking the west route (any chance you fancy a change of route?). It just seems cheaper and easier to ride through europe and ferry over to Tangier? i would consider a cross over from angola to zambia to mozambique to do the last keg on the east side.
I would also prefer to ride with company...
Let me know either way as it would be nice to share advice.
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Hi Les,
Im taking the west route (any chance you fancy a change of route?). It just seems cheaper and easier to ride through europe and ferry over to Tangier? i would consider a cross over from angola to zambia to mozambique to do the last keg on the east side.
I would also prefer to ride with company...
Let me know either way as it would be nice to share advice.
Cheers Bruce
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Sorry Bruce, Im getting confused left and right! (not a good start!)...
I would be up for the west route instead...there are just too many obstacles on the east right now. Can I ask what you've budgeted for the trip? Will you be camping?? Are you planning to fly bike back from SA?...
cheers
Les
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About the West route or East route, both routes have their difficulties but I still think the East route is easier if you take the first hurdle of getting into Egypt, after that you just cruise down, without too much trouble, and it gets easier as you go. The West route, which I am taking now has more challenges, visa for Nigeria, DRC and especially Angola are difficult. Security is a bit of problem too, you have to watch out where not to go.
Many travellers here in Mali decided to get a container shipped from Accra Ghana to Namibia, to skipp all this trouble.
oh and hi Geert (catch22)! Hope you get a good start on your adventure.
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Hi Les,
Sorry for confusion, im taking the west route. I know it comes with challenges but i think the west gives a wider range of what africa has to offer (desert, tropics etc) and im up for the challenge!
Im still in a budgetting stage but im estimating 10k all in. I would of course like to keep this to a minimum. This budget allows for a few extravagant luxuries / hotels on route after a tough leg but for the most part i want to camp and "get amongst it". There is after all not much point going to all the effort to watch from a distance.
Im not shipping back as im from south africa originally and go back annually so the bike will live there for now... for future adventures to mozambique etc.
Let me know if you would like to catch up, even to share ideas. Ive never taken a trip like this before so bit of a novice.
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Hi Tony,
Are you shipping across?
Are the difficulties with bureaucracy or is it a safety issue?
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Hi Tony,
Are you shipping across?
Are the difficulties with bureaucracy or is it a safety issue?
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No I'm not shipping, I will be driving, but my friends are shipping. For them it was the bureaucracy and security like you say,plus they have no carnet. There is the safety in Nigeria, then the visa hassle in DRC and Angola, so by shipping they jump 3 hurdles at once.
I wouldn't wanna miss out on Cameroun and Congo, although it will be hard. For the moment we don't know who is going to be first in South Africa, it could go either way. Time will tell what the best decision was.
My friends blogs are here:
chazmoto - Home
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6 Feb 2012
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Hi Bruce, I am well into the planning stages of a West route Cape Town to London departing Oct 2012, hopefully arriving home late December 2012 or early Jan 2013. I have planned the route, costings ect.
I had a potential 4 HU companions who have become very good friends of mine but due to various reasons these guys have dropped out one by one. I have an uncertain riding partner who is still to make up her mind. It may be worth reading my thread and web page to see if this is a route/direction you maybe interested in.
Due to our similar timings, this could be a good opportunity for us both.
Where do you live
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I am hoping yo join a group please email me your details so we could get in touch
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Hi Tommy,
Im based in surrey but not far out of london. How can we get in touch to discuss?
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Hi Bruce, Thanks for your reply. I live in Hampton, so not too far away? Feel free to email me at thomas.foy@sky.com Maybe we could meet up for a ride out to discuss. Cheers
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Thanks for the fast reaction. Im going to take the western path as ive frequented South africa before and im very eager to check out camaroon and angola.
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Travelling Africa in late 2012/2013 too.
Hi Guys,
WE are currently in Bolivia making our way upto Alaska and will be shipping to Europe in September 2012. We are going to make our way South into Northern Africa and will be attempting to cross Libya into Egypt and South, mainly down the East side if anyone is interested in hooking up with us.
Brian
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