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Wildside’s way to the Zingela Bash -2023 Since Covid struck in 2020 we had done no riding so when we discovered that there was to be a Zingela Bash we decided this was a good opportunity to dust off the Honda’s, shake out the spiders from our boots, familiarize myself with the route and get...

2011 and 2012 - both with about 14 000Km. 50k each - ONCO Cel: Kingsley - 082 4436 026 2011 2012

ANOTHER SMALL PIECE OF PONDOLAND - WILDCOAST.  ~ 2019 With the long weekend on the horizon we decided to visit Mtentu on the Transkei coast which is one place we missed out on due to unavailability during our last trip to Pondoland in 2018 (RR 'A Piece of Pondoland - Wildcoast/Transkei'))...

]SQUARING THE CIRCLE ~ The Lake of Stars                                         ....Malawi , Tanzania, Mozambique.... DECEMBER 2018[/i] The idea of riding all the way around Lake Malawi from the southern shores of Malawi,  up through Tanzania down to the eastern shore of the now Lake Nyasa...

                              A PIECE of PONDOLAND 25 April 2018 ~ 01 May 2018 HOWICK  -  MBOYTI – PORT GROSVENOR – LUPHATANA [i]For those readers who are unfamiliar with Pondoland, it’s a 100km stretch of coastline on the shores of the Eastern Cape running between Port St. Johns (Some...

                                                         BACK TO BOTS ~  KUBU ISLAND @ HIGH TIDE!                                                                                  18-28 March 2016 “ No License, No ride!”. These are the words we repeatedly drummed into our daughter, Roxy, who...

                                                          UNWRAPPING THE CAPE FOR CHRISTMAS   -  DECEMBER 2015   :santa: (I Know this is been posted a bit late  but we've had a busy start to the new year.) Finally…no sleeps left….two very tired people drove out of Howick at 6 am Monday ...

a video my daughter made of our bike trip in Botswana https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7oIzM2smFc

Any one with tracks through the pans ? All input would be appreciated as we have left planning to the last. Plan is to enter around Nata and spent a few days doing the baobabs and islands.

                              My baby is my delightful 20 year old daughter, Roxy! I had the privilege of visiting both my children in Indonesia for the month of July. They have both been living in Bali, the Island of the Gods, for nearly 2 years now. One evening we decided that it was a...

Wildside's ride to Bash 'n Back ~ 2013 Late Thursday morning found us battling our way through the gusting wind from Howick, KZN, on the R617 in the  Underberg direction. We had made arrangements with Dave ( Mr.G) to meet us at Tsitsa Falls, 20 km before Maclear, for a night of camping. We...

IN and OUT of SNOW VALLEY ~ 2012   YUP......this is another Snow Valley RR. There are a lot of photies here but it also includes our trip to and from the Bash and I’m also doing it for my reference........ so I do apologise if you find this RR a bit repetitive . I would like to take this...

This is not really a Ride Report but I want to share with you a couple of pics of a visit to my kids who have just set up home in Bali- Indonesia. Scooters are very much the order of the day which makes a lot of sense when one experiences the traffic congestion. This whole visit turned in to a...

Before I tell you about our adventure through East Africa I want to give you a brief description of the Great Rift Valley as this is the route we followed. Africas Great Rift Valley is a 6000 km crack in the earths’ crust caused by violent subterranean forces that tore apart the earths crust...

                          Welcome to the Wildcoast !         Port St. Johns to Hole-in-the-Wall – 4x4 Coastal Route                                                           20 October 2011  This Wildcoast ride was to be part of our planning for our December trip and would be a good test of...

Help needed again, can someone please help. When I look at a map of an area (in this case Craigieburn dam to the Tugela valley) Mapsource shows very little detail, if however I look at the same map in goggle earth, the Tracks 4 Africa overlay shows all the information I am looking for. How do I...

A few photos of a great long weekend. Any one with more photos feel free to add. Would love to see others. :ricky: Our digs. Friday morning Moonset. Friday morning Sunrise

SATURDAY RIDE FEVER !  :ricky: ( UMTENTWENI  –>  HOWICK : THE SCENIC ROUTE) THE perfect SPOT to rest up before a day trip and a good Spot to start a Ride Report. Arrived early Friday night (27 Aug ’10) after travelling down from Howick on the Umbumbulu road  to Umtentweni  (on the South...

                      A(nother) SANI  SUNDAY!                         (Southern Africa)   Not much to shout about but for me it was my first ‘must do’ ride up Sani Pass on my own bike. After realizing that bad weather wasn’t to save me, Sunday arrived and with Iong johns, thick socks, scarves...

                                                BOTSWANA ’09 -  Our easy Intro to ADV Riding Planning this trip was all consuming for us.  We had never done a ride of this scale before and preparation started in September 2008 after a trip down the wildcoast. We then realized that with both of...