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I'm alive  :biggrin: Sorry for the delay. Its been a busy week and my laptop's been playing up (now fine though). Combine that with too much socialising and terrible internet and I just haven't been able to get the ride report updated. Rest assured I am working on it now  :thumleft: Thanks for...

hahahaha... that hilarious! nice one :) Thanks man :) I'm driving 350 km's to Windhoek tomorrow via the C28. Looks like some real nice mountain passes. Should be a great drive. Looking forward to getting on the road again. As a side note I gave another lesson to a fellow traveller yesterday...

heh :) I'm just chilling in Swakopmund for Christmas and the new year. I'm heading into Windhoek on the 3rd for a service on the 6th then north to Outjo and then Etosha. Afterwards I reckon I will head head to Ondangwa and then east on the C45 to the Caprivi. My visa expires on the 21st January...

Thanks man! I use a program called OSMAnd on a Google Nexus 4 phone.

You too man! Was a great day's riding with you and Basil. I also made it down to Spitzkoppe on my way back to Swakopmund, Cool place! Safe Travels too. On with the ride report : I met Basil the owner of Brandberg Rest Camp who rides a Honda Africa Twin and also gives discounts to bikers who...

Here's our camp : The next day Yien and I headed up to Twyfelfontein to see some of the bushman art. Before heading in we stopped for lunch at the lodge. This little fellow was scrambling about on the rocks : For 50 NAB$ each we got a guide called Dion who showed us around the bushman art...

For sure! hah Excellent. I love this quote. I shall be using it whenever I'm questioned about my choice of engine size. Cheers! You're welcome! Here's my next instalment : I moved hostels to Desert Sky Backpackers which is much nicer. I plan on spending Christmas and the New Year in...

Made it to Swakopmund this afternoon. I did consider Windhoek first but I'm probably going to hang around in the Swakop area for Christmas / New Year (I've heard its the place to be!). I want to get the proper Honda service done at just over 8k so I wouldn't have been close enough if I went to...

Cool man! I will still be here so let me know if you happen to be going near Swakopmund :) --- So I took chrisL's advice and drove Remhoogte and Streetshoogte passes. Spectacular. One of the bends caught me off guard and I nearly came off which was quite a sobering experience. I calmed my...

Thats it! hehe. Nice one! That's my day trip for tomorrow sorted :) Thanks.

I spent a few more days in Lüderitz‎ staying at Element Riders hostel. Its run by an all round sound guy called Rainer. Its actually the premises of the old Lüderitz‎ Backpackers. I took a drive down to Agate beach and tried to find some Agate's. I didn't find any, probably because I have no...

Hey man! Sorry I haven't quite made it to Swakopmund yet. I'm planning to spend Christmas and the new year there if you happen to be about then ? It's never too late ;) Its always nice to hear from a fellow CTX rider! It really is an amazing machine. I'm seriously considering the sprocket...

Thanks :) I enjoy doing it. --- On the way into Ludertiz I came across a road block just outside Kolmanscop. It turns out that a veichle transporting a boat had bought down the 22,000 volt power lines that were now just lying in the road. I saw a Honda Transalp 700 so pulled up along side and...

Thanks! That's some good advice about the sump plug and air filter (yes it is a sponge one). I will do that for sure. I do carry an extra spark plug yes and I changed it when we did the oil but the old looked fine so I kept it just in case. Will pick up another new one in Windhoek.

I drove 388 km's from Fish River Canyon to Ludertiz yesterday and the bike was a bit sluggish and not giving me a very good fuel economy like I was getting before . I think the air filter needed a good clean. I had been doing mostly gravel since the last service when it was last cleaned so makes...

Some extra photo's from fish river canyon : My Wild Dog sticker PistonPete put on the bike : Inside the Canyon Roadhouse bar : Some of the old trucks outside : An old Honda : This is Derek. He's cycling the same route I'm doing : Gotta do my laundry! :

Its great fun at a great price. I hope to go far with this little bike. Lets see what its capable of! I do ride a Honda (Hornet) 600FA7 back in the UK but for off road a small bike like this is great. Here's my bike back in the UK : This was taken in the black forest in south western...

Great thanks! I'm at about 4900 km's so far. What are you at ? I am enjoying it immensely and I've just got my RR up to date including my entry into Namibia : https://wilddog.net.za/forum/index.php?topic=137240.msg2675251#msg2675251

After crossing the orange river the Namibian's weren't so friendly and berated me for not quite filling out their form's. I was also asked if I was a spy and asked to explain why I wanted a 2 month visa. The small bike was also criticised as the only bikes I think they see are BMW's or KTM's...

Augrabies Falls Gorge walk. Was a crazy hot day to go hiking but the views were very impressive : Two balloons took off at 5:30am from the backpackers. Pretty cool to watch. The wind was up and it was touch and go whether they would make it. Just south of the Namibian border crossing at...