Right Around Africa

[Hentie bm]

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[SGB]

Amazing adventure, good reading all your info and comments.  You are a legend... Keep it up!  :thumleft: 8)

 

[jorust]

Thanks guys.  :3some:

Oh, when I had to disembark from the ferry I had an off. Do you know how slippery camel shit is??? Unfortunately that little off has had the worst impact on my panniers. Right side pannier has a hole in it. Oopsie.

 

[TVB]

As jy Nuwejaar inSA wil wees sal jy moet ophou ski in die kameel poep en die Dakar se volume contol oopmaak antie eepwall:

Ek hou van jou under cover look, pasop dat n langbaard lang 'Pile Pile' resturant eienaar jou nie dalk koop nie :deal:

 

[TVB]

O ja, wou nog se...dankie vir die kiekies :thumleft: geniet dit  :laughing4:en probeer die verkeers sirkels vermy

 

[jorust]

As jy Nuwejaar inSA wil wees sal jy moet ophou ski in die kameel poep en die Dakar se volume contol oopmaak antie eepwall:

Ek hou van jou under cover look, pasop dat n langbaard lang 'Pile Pile' resturant eienaar jou nie dalk koop nie :deal:

:thumleft: Ek weet. Ek het uitgewerk dat ek het nodig om teen middle/laat September hier weg te kom in orde om teen Desember terug in SA te wees. Dit is hoekom ek so lank hier sal vertoef. Ek wil probeer om my visas tot en met Sudan hier uit te sorteer. Dit maak dinge baie makliker op die pad. Sal maar sien hoe gaan dit met die aansoeke - ek begin volgende week.  :ricky:

En enige langbaard lang 'pile pile' restaurant eienaar wat enigsens probeer binne 'n afstand van ses voet van my af kom, sal ses voet onder beland! (As dit 'n bietjie 'heavy' klink sal almal verstaan na die volgende update)

 

[TVB]

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Jy het nie n body guard nodig nie!! Kry sommer n lekker Panga en 'Circumcise ' hul verder!  :thumleft:

Cheers!

 

[jorust]

:imaposer: :imaposer: :imaposer:

Jy het nie n body guard nodig nie!! Kry sommer n lekker Panga en 'Circumcise ' hul verder!  :thumleft:

Cheers!

Ek het 'n panga!!!  :lol8: Well...sort of...  eepwall:

 

[TVB]

As  jy hier in Turkana kom, laat hul vir jou een van daai  tradisionele gevegs gewrigsmesse maaak, heel nice. Dis n lem wat om die gewrig kom met n dier se vel binne om jou vel te beskerm en buite haal jy dit  vel oor die snykant af en as iets te na aan jou bubble kom lem jou hom!!  :laughing4: Die Turkana mense maak die mooiste armbande van krale, ek het nou een om my gewrig om te help dat ek nie my naam vergeet nie, dit help egter nie teen naam verloor of plein naam 'gatmaak' nie  atch:

Cheers :thumleft:

 

[jorust]

As  jy hier in Turkana kom, laat hul vir jou een van daai  tradisionele gevegs gewrigsmesse maaak, heel nice. Dis n lem wat om die gewrig kom met n dier se vel binne om jou vel te beskerm en buite haal jy dit  vel oor die snykant af en as iets te na aan jou bubble kom lem jou hom!!  :laughing4: Die Turkana mense maak die mooiste armbande van krale, ek het nou een om my gewrig om te help dat ek nie my naam vergeet nie, dit help egter nie teen naam verloor of plein naam 'gatmaak' nie  atch:

Cheers :thumleft:

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Ek sal bietjie 'n foto neem van my messe. As enige van die customs outjies ooit die goed aan my moet vind is ek in groot bollie!  eepwall:

As for die armband...ek het nou nie juis 'n probleem met my naam vergeet nie  atch: , maar sal nice lyk by die res op my arm. Sal uitkyk, dankie. :thumleft:

 

[jorust]

Ek het selfs 'n BMW mes!  :imaposer:  :imaposer:  :imaposer:

 

[1ougat]

Of the Turkana weapons, the wrist-knife (abarait) is the most infamous of the lot, at least in terms of its spine-chilling appearance, and is unique - in Kenya at least - to the Turkana (various related peoples in southern Sudan also carry them). The blade is sheathed with two bands of goat skin leather, one on the inside to protect the wrist on which it is worn like a bracelet, and one on the outside. The outer band has steel and copper ends. Formerly used in close combat and in fights among the Turkana (it was taboo to kill a fellow Turkana with a spear), the wrist-knife's usefulness is gradually being made redundant by automatic rifles such as the AK-47.


.....Kry eerder die AK  :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

 

[jorust]

Of the Turkana weapons, the wrist-knife (abarait) is the most infamous of the lot, at least in terms of its spine-chilling appearance, and is unique - in Kenya at least - to the Turkana (various related peoples in southern Sudan also carry them). The blade is sheathed with two bands of goat skin leather, one on the inside to protect the wrist on which it is worn like a bracelet, and one on the outside. The outer band has steel and copper ends. Formerly used in close combat and in fights among the Turkana (it was taboo to kill a fellow Turkana with a spear), the wrist-knife's usefulness is gradually being made redundant by automatic rifles such as the AK-47.


.....Kry eerder die AK   :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

:imaposer:  Ummmmmm....nie juis vreeslik "inconspicuous" nie!

 

[jorust]

A few more pics from arriving in Saly - Senegal.

 

[jorust]

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[jorust]

I'm not too sure about the guy's expression. Think he's drooling over my bike?  atch:

 

[Chrisl]

1ste foto.......ry ook al nes n local. Sny reg voor die ou met die bike in!! eepwall:

Is reg so Jo. Adapt or die. :deal:

 

[jorust]

1ste foto.......ry ook al nes n local. Sny reg voor die ou met die bike in!! eepwall:

Is reg so Jo. Adapt or die. :deal:

Hehehe....ja, dit lyk so maar my flikker was al lankal aan so die ou moes weet ek gaan draai.  :ricky:

 

[jorust]

*** SOME STATS *** - Updated

Current location: Rabat - Morocco

Days on the road: 97 140

Total countries: 14 (Excludes SA)

Number of borders crossed: 14

Total Mileage: 18 000 Kilometers

Number of nights spent in tent: 3 (All in Namibia)

Other bikers met on road: 4 (2 riders in Nam (from Romania and Switzerland), 2 riders from Spain on Rosso border, 1 rider from Italy on route to Dakhla)

Crossed the equator 3 times: in Gabon

Number of falls: 9 (First of which was in Namibia in some sand, the rest were just 'letting the bike rest', mostly out of pure exhaustion....or slipping on Camel poo)

Although I try my best not to ride at night, sometimes I have no choice and have reached towns at night a number of times:
*Ondangwa (Namibia) - 19:30
*Lobito (Angola) 23:00 - With Police escort
*Ndende (Gabon) 22:00 - Along with the Czech
*Libreville (Gabon) 20:00
*Bamenda (Cameroon) 19:30
*Accra (Ghana) 19:15
*Abidjan (Cote D'Ivoire) 20:00
*Bamako (Mali) 20:00

---I've been a good girl! See, last time I rode at night was in Mali! ---  :thumleft:

Punctures: 0

Sets of tires used: One set, will change in Morocco  I'm fitting my second set of Heidy's in Tetouan. Current mileage on the set I have fitted is 20 000 kilometers!!!

Parts replaced: Brakes and sprocket in Abidjan, Sprockets and chain in Morocco

Phones stolen twice: Once in Angola, once in Abidjan

Physical attacks: 2

Weirdest stuff I've eaten: Pig heart, Pig brains, Frog legs

Current Fuel Consumption: 21 km/L

Number of bribes paid: 0

Number of marriage proposals: Countless (For all concerned, I'm married, my husband's name is Paulo and he is traveling somewhere in South America!!! We needed a break from each other. Hahahaha) <- This story is not working anymore...I think I should switch to just telling guys I'm a lesbian!

Moments that made me go: "WTF"
* Police hitting cars with batons in Nigeria.
* Military pulling me over in Nigeria, then getting involved in a fight with a truck driver, pulling their weapons on him and completely forgetting about me. I sat watching the ordeal for a few seconds and then just took off.
* On my way to the Mali embassy in Abidjan a guy goes and sits down right in front of me as I'm walking down the street, to take a dump!?!?
* Seeing a camel walking around in the middle of the city in Abidjan!?!?
* People walking around naked in Abidjan....
* A monkey grabbing my camera from me in Angola!
* A guy trying to sell me a dead baboon on the side of the road in Cameroon. Where would I put it???
* The guy who grabbed my phone from me and making a run for it in Abidjan?!?!?
* Drunk guy hitting my bike with a stick as I cross the border into Benin from Nigeria.
* Immigration officials too busy drinking and chatting on Facebook, I have to stamp and fill out my own Carnet? (Benin)
* Being forced to sit down and eat peanuts with immigration officials in Mali?!? LoL