So glad I found this forum. Was thinking of doing Uk to Cape - via east Africa. My girlfriend is Kenyan and about to leave the UK heading back to TZ to work. I finish my current contract in September and want to leave soon after.
I got distracted looking at unimogs and ex army-dafs and thought, considering I'm trying to be an ecoworrier, then they ain't the way to go LOL! Plus converting a truck could take years, and I may never get going.
Alterntaively - if I get an Yamaha 660 , I can be off on time, plus if it breaks, well I can probably fix it. And the big plus - I don't have to use my life's savings.
So if some of you fancy the route that might take in Turkey, Syria (quite quickly please) , Jordan, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, TZ, and then the rest (I was only thinking as far as getting to TZ but now want to get all the way down :-).
Kenya's road have improved drasticaly. Went in 2002 on honeymoon with first wife and lots of roads have become, er, craters. Went back last year and they now have a 10 lane highway out of Nairbi heading north! And smooth single carriageway tarmac all the way to Nanyuki. Don't know about the rest of Africa though!?
Simon
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