Living the Dream Solo Around the World Trip

[TeeJay]

Sell the bike and buy another one in Italy to continue.....if money were no issue hey.

 

[schalk vd merwe]

Sell the bike and buy another one in Italy to continue.....if money were no issue hey.

If you do that you loose your 200% of the value of the bike that you paid in cash in order to get a Carnet to travel through Egypt

 

[schalk vd merwe]

4000 jaar later en niks het verander nie ... onthou maar net dat selfs die Israeliete gesukkel het om uit Egypte te kom :biggrin:

Ja miskien moet hulle eers weer met 10 plae gestraf word voordat hulle my die land sal laat verlaat

 

[schalk vd merwe]

Schalk jy is regtig 'n inspirasie, jammer om van al die problem te hoor, maar sien dit as deel van die GROOT ondervingding.
Hou moet dinge sal weer beter word. Ons geniet jou reis baie :thumleft:

Ja man ek is elke dag besig met planne om die land uit te kom. Dit is verseker nie vakansie nie

 

[schalk vd merwe]

Hel man sterkte en vasbyt!

Ja man vasbyt is die woord. Is die heeltyd besig om plan te maak om hier uit te kom

 

[schalk vd merwe]

Sterke ou maat  :thumleft: Hoe meer dinge, hoe meer stories om eendag te vertel. Onthou wat Ted Simon gesê het : "The interruptions make the journey"

Vloei net saam met dit.  :thumleft:

ja maar ek sal jou sê ek is nou al bietjie gatvol. Ted Simon het darem vier jaar gehad plus 'n sponser

 

[schalk vd merwe]

Jussie Schalk.

Sterkte daar.

I hope something changes and you can move forward one way or the other soon.

I've read various books, trip reports etc. and the reoccurring theme seems to be trouble in Egypt, and more specifically trouble getting out.

Yes they don't make it easy for bikers. Every one else can go but no bikers

 

[schalk vd merwe]

Schalk, jammer om van al di gesukkel te lees, maar moet se dit maak v opwindende leesstof :spitcoffee:
Soms wys GOD met sulke voorvalle vir jou n ander pad of tyd om te ry wat 1000 maal beter is as wat dit sou gewees het as jy al uit Egipte was.
Vasbyt ek wag met groot afwagting. ot:

Dit het Moses maar net 40 jaar gevat so daars is hoop schalk  :thumleft:

Ja heng dan gaan ek 105 jaar out wees. Dit klink net soos in Moses se tyd

 

[schalk vd merwe]

Ek lees nou dié fred Schalk. Dis 'n helse avontuur vol van sy dinge. Dit wys net weer dat mens eindelose geduld met die lewe moet hê. Die dikwelse onsinnighede van die mens kan 'n ou darem frustreer jong. Jammer oor jou omval, gelukkig is dit nie té erg nie. Hou kop en sterkte.

Dankie mater

 

[schalk vd merwe]

Mater jy moet nie n man so laat skrik nie! Ek is baie bly jy het niks gebreek nie, dit kon erger gewees het, jy is n yster!
Baie sterkte man, en as dit nie uitwerk nie kom dan maar eerder af op n nuwe roete!
Sterkte!

Dankie my maat

 

[tgg]

Wat kos air freight, amper soos in dhl die bike. enige lughawe vat mos gewone airfreight in. Jy moet net customs in en uit.

Daar was ook die storie op wd van die boere en n griek paar jaar terug, hulle het die bikes daar gelaai en terug gevlieg

 

[schalk vd merwe]

Wat kos air freight, amper soos in dhl die bike. enige lughawe vat mos gewone airfreight in. Jy moet net customs in en uit.

Daar was ook die storie op wd van die boere en n griek paar jaar terug, hulle het die bikes daar gelaai en terug gevlieg

DHL wou nie eers vir my olie vir die shocks vervoer nie want dit is blybaar Hazardous cargo. Ek weet Virgin Arlines vlieg bikes maar ek dink hulle werk nie in Egipte nie

 

[schalk vd merwe]

Hi guys I have basically run out of time. Going south tomorrow as Visas and Carnets are expiring. Will have to work my way south towards the Sudan border as for the last 2 weeks I have tried all other options. Have done 15 000km to date and as they say “Tussen jou en my lê daar n berg Tafelberg” but between myself and the berg there is 15 000 km to do. So enjoy the ride as I have to be out of the country by 8/08/15

 

[TVB]

Hi guys I have basically run out of time. Going south tomorrow as Visas and Carnets are expiring. Will have to work my way south towards the Sudan border as for the last 2 weeks I have tried all other options. Have done 15 000km to date and as they say “Tussen jou en my lê daar n berg Tafelberg” but between myself and the berg there is 15 000 km to do. So enjoy the ride as I have to be out of the country by 8/08/15

Great stuff Schalk! Ek sien dit nie as negatief nie, ek sien dis die draai en nuwe hoofstuk vir jou en jy het n groot gehoor wat op die punte van hulle stoele sit en jou storie volg! Mag jy hoe die pad jou ookal mag lei n Geseende reis he en gooi daai fotos en looi die storie!!

 

[Happyfeet]

Wow Schalk, jy moet die braafste Dog wees wat ek ken! Ek dink elkeen van ons voel elke ontbering saam met jou en wens ons kon meer vir jou doen (ek sal net met drukkies kan uithelp).
Sterkte jong, jy is 'n groot inspirasie vir baie!

 

[Mr Zog]

Schalk, is daar nie n moontlikheid dat dan wes ry, soos Morrocco, en dan van daar af n ferry kry na Italie of Spanje nie?

 

[Xpat]

Would you have an appetite to cross DRC east to west and continue up the West coast to Spain (or even Italy, there are ferries from Morocco)? You were considering Somalia, which I think is much more dodgy than that...

 

[TVB]

Would you have an appetite to cross DRC east to west and continue up the West coast to Spain (or even Italy, there are ferries from Morocco)? You were considering Somalia, which I think is much more dodgy than that...

DRC i'll go back to any day. The rebels looks mean with their dark glasses but all you do is hand out cigarettes. I worked there and we never traveled without cartons of sportsman or matchbox (the 2 brands of cigarettes) Never felt threatened in the DRC despite hearing many horror stories. Still a lot of Belgium's living there.

Problem is, DRC is halfway back already and then there are the roads and the lack thereof! Higher up you sit with a lot more unrest, and it become more of a challenge to stay alive. All the way back and shipping the bike from SA might even work out cheaper, up North people hate the USA but love the USA Dollar bills too much......so I say Schalk can explore and have a lot more fun in Africa if he decide to come down on slightly a different route!

I for one would have visited Juba in South Sudan just to see how it has changed since South Sudan became a Country and Juba became the capital city. One place I have met so many well known South Africans, like 'Oom Sakkie van der Merwe', the pilot and at some stage he was on tv doing the Weather forecast. Many other, South Africans of every skill and trade you could think of were involved there at some stage or another, all of them living in tents on the shore of the fast flowing White Nile river!

 

[Tiger8]

Ek het nou lekker gelees, dankie vir die saam ry. Ek voel sommer jou frustrasie en jou vreegde soos jy skrywe. Hou moed, daar is altyd n uitweg, al lyk dit nie so nie. Ek is baie bly dat jy nie erg seer gekry het nie, soos in gebreekte bene ens.

Jy gaan een heel Epiese storie he wanneer jy weer terug is in SA, sien uit na nog skrywe  in die RR. Bly veilig en weereens dankie  :thumleft:

 

[SHARK DOG]

voorspoed geniet elke km