motorbike trip to follow the Nile

[omar mansour]

hi all
hopefully next month will start my trip to follow the Nile
its my first trip after my bad accident almost 3 years ago
the route will be
Egypt - Sudan - Ethiopia - Kenya - Uganda- Rwanda - Burundi - maybe Congo depend on the problems in the east of the country - Tanzania ,and then back via South Sudan
starting last week of November ,hope i can avoid the ferry between Egypt and Sudan and be able to use the new road
i will take my time so i an know ,learn and discover more and more
my interest is mainly on culture , nature . but will always avoid as much as i can touristic places spending time with the tribes
estimated time of the trip is 90 days
will be riding Honda Africa twin ,
of course would love to meet travelers here and there or may travel a bit with others ,
will be great if i can find others in Ethiopia to do lake Turkana route together
cheers and travel safe always

preparing my trip please visit my page
http://www.facebook.com/egyptianvoyager

[olionel]

sounds good. Good luck Although if you're not going two up, I'd say Africa Twin might get a bit tiring if you keep dropping it and picking it up in miles of soggy mud or whatever there may be... Although having multiple bikes is a luxury.. but if you did.. I'd take something small (with a comfy seat? :P ) and light that wont sink and get stuck...

[omar mansour]

Originally Posted by olionel

sounds good. Good luck Although if you're not going two up, I'd say Africa Twin might get a bit tiring if you keep dropping it and picking it up in miles of soggy mud or whatever there may be... Although having multiple bikes is a luxury.. but if you did.. I'd take something small (with a comfy seat? :P ) and light that wont sink and get stuck...

yes you are right ,but its the bike i ride for several years and know how to fix it ,
and it took me in many places ,last trip was from Cape town to Cairo solo ,spent 6 months and rode 22730 km around
for sure it will be better if it 100 km lighter hahahah
cheers

[Multi Adventurer]

Hi

Pity you're not going next year...I've been planning this for a while but am trying to sort income out before packing up!

Just out of interest how are you getting the motorbike into egypt?...

Best of luck
Les

[omar mansour]

Originally Posted by Multi Adventurer

Hi

Pity you're not going next year...I've been planning this for a while but am trying to sort income out before packing up!

Just out of interest how are you getting the motorbike into egypt?...

Best of luck
Les

Hi Les ,how are you man ?
well perhaps i do it again and again next year
about my bike being in Egypt
very simple im Egyptian and i live here and so do my bike ,easy
yeah sure had to pay a hell of customs to get it here
ride safe always

[Richard-NL]

Hey Omar,

I'm going partly the same route as you are planning to go. I hope to be in Aswan at the third or fourth week of November. I will stay there for a couple days or week to arrange my visa for Sudan. Maybe we can meet up and / or riding together.

Cheers, Richard