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Yeah, that's South Africa as I love it. These wide open spaces...... :love: Great RR. Thx!

Thx mate. I found it on my GPS map (y)

Does anyone know a trustworthy m/c workshop in the vicinity of Akasia or Brits? Got to service my Yamaha but dont want to ride as far a Joburg.

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Hi all, after Easter I plan to travel around ZA for a couple of weeks. The route planning is done and I could do with some up to date infos on road conditions: Has anyone done the Monantsa pass recently? Plans are to travel from Witsieshoek via this pass to Butha-Buthe and out again to...

Petri, sorry to barge in, but I'm just busy planning my route for May :) @AfricaOffroad whereabouts do you live? I couldn't find Debbin :unsure: Do you mind to look over my route and comment it? Cheers, Hans

Off the beaten track, south-west of Nelspruit is the quaint little village Kaapsehoop. I stayed at the "Silver Mist B&B" several times. Of course there is more accommodation, also self-catering. Check https://www.safarinow.com/destinations/kaapsehoop/hub.aspx/1 I found that site quite useful.

10 : 1 nobody knows where the photo was taken :LOL: :LOL: Phantastic view and perfect weather! Road conditions seem to have been good as well. When my ouboet lived in Winterskloof near Hilton he probably drove the pass once a week just to get the perfect photo .....

Next stop was Stockholm, but only the camp site. Weather was changing. Every night brought rain, so in the morning I had to pack my wet tent. I made a bee-line to Helsingbourg in southern Sweden and took the new bridge spanning the gap to Sjealand...

Right, we're now on the island of Åland. I stayed there just for a day. That's long enough to ride most of the roads :D Åland is an autonomous region of Finland although it is geographically nearer to Sweden.

I'd say mostly ;o) But yes, esp. the North, Scandinavia and the Baltics are really tidy. Germany is somewhere in the middle, but the South of Europe is visibly a bit careless.

Instead of carrying on north I decided to return home directly via Sweden, so I boarded the ferry at Turku, west of Helsinki, to the island of Åland which lies in a direct line to Stockholm.

Still in Finland. A very interesting attraction in Helsinki is the Temppeliaukio Church. The interior was excavated and built directly out of solid rock and is bathed in natural light which enters through the skylight surrounding the centre copper dome. The church is used frequently...

The next country in line was Estonia, the smallest of the Baltic states. I took the ferry to the largest island Saaremaa and next to it Hiumaa. Near the campsite was a nice fish restaurant right next to the little harbour. Next morning I took the ferry back to the mainland. Goal of...

Hi @Inus, whereabouts do you live? End of May I'll visit German friends in Akasia. The wife of my friend managed for some years in the kitchen at the Pretoria German School. Thx for the feedback.

From Latvia it was only a short ride to Estonia, where I took a ferry to the largest island of the country. That'l be the next post.

Here we go. From Lithuania the trip goes north to Latvia. I travelled along the coastline into Latvia to its capital, the city of Riga. On the central market quite funny: A peace initiative presents one bear for (nearly) each country. The body-painting shows something...

Latvia to follow soon.

Due to the present Russian war against the Ukraine I thought it might be of interest to take a look at the Baltic states. Since they share their eastern border completely with Belarus and Russia and having experienced roundabout five decades of Soviet dictatorship since WW II they naturally...

Nee man, ek hou baaie van die DR, spesiel die 400DRZ. Maar die ou bikes is nou rerig my liefsde :love: