Hi Bob, my timescale will be from Sep. '09 to June '10 but each to their own, i.e. join when you want and leave when you want. My basic plan will be head west for spring in Naquamaland for the desert flowers then north to Namibia, Victoria falls and across to Tanzania and Kenya, animal migrations, up to Nanuki for pictures of me and my bike under the equator sign then up the treking peak of Mt Kenya for those so inclined, I know a good bar where I will wait if required, then south east to Mombasa for a curry, Dar for another curry then south(ish) but avoiding Cape Town and the big South African holiday areas until at the earliest, January. However, nothing is writ in stone and everyone is entitled to their own sixpenneth. Ride safe.