Right Around Africa

[katana]

I've got a feeling its going to be all ok!!  Good luck finding your path  :thumleft:

 

[Thump]

Nice, good luck with those serious decisions.
And don't pick the flowers, hehe.

 

[Dogboxelectric]

Cant wait to read what you have to say about Libya, drop a flower for Anton Hammerl, ask Shane Robinson about it.

Mmmmmm...funny you should mention that.
Shayne is one of my best friends. He was supposed to ride Libya with me in memory of Anton.
I still will.  :thumleft:

Cool, be safe LOVING the RR and Pictures.

 

[jossvw]

:thumleft: :thumleft: :thumleft:

 

[nielvn]

Awesome, cannot belive this is a woman her own WELL DONE  :laughing4: :laughing4:

 

[jeff]

and you made my morning again , cant wait for the next instalment . happy everything is going well . very nice to see how well you are recieved . Ride safe

 

[woody1]

Lekker man... ek lag my siek vir jou BIER roete... :imaposer: :imaposer:  Hoop jy kom reg.... WEET jy sal iets uitfigure.  :laughing4:

 

[White Rhino]

It's a pitty that you don't have time to explore the countryside - Morocco is a huge dream of mine :thumleft:

 

[jorust]

*** Your Input/Advice Needed Urgently Please!***

Guys, Gals...I'm in need of your input/advice please!

I've (semi) decided to come home next week. I'm about 90% committed to the idea.
Reasoning behind this sudden decision:

1. Most of you know about my KLR that's sitting back home for sale. The funding for the rest of my trip is locked up in that bike and I am now at the point where I'm stuck.
2. Visas are proving to be a headache at the moment and it's just going nowhere slowly. It would be much easier for me to have all of this sorted back home.

And then it hit me. The national bash is next weekend.

So what if I attended and rode the KLR to the bash? That way I get to say hello to a whole bunch of you and anyone who might've been interested can see the bike in action. Maybe I'll get lucky.

That or I need to organize some fundraiser?

I know it's risky...but I need to do something now. I can't just sit around like this.

What do you guys think???

Please note: My only objective is to get the bike sold (or raise the necessary funds), sort out my visas. Then return back to Morocco and complete the tour!

 

[Dogboxelectric]

Does the trip being interrupted make a difference? I understand that money is an issue and cant be helped (irrespective of multiple bumps in the relevant thread) Pity for me would have been nice had you gone all way round, than Charley and Ewan can kiss you bum. They can already as you dont have an entourage of 4x4's as backup vehicles.

 

[Chrisl]

Jo I have a feeling you are very homesick aswell and a visit might do you good but
would not save any money at all.
If the bike have not sold on WDs yet it would not do so at the bash. :deal:
There would be many more bashes you could/would attend in future.

There has to be another way to be able to continue.




My 2c.

 

[Grolls]

My 2c - Jo hang in there ! not the same if you come home  :ricky:

 

[jorust]

Guys, I get what you're saying. I know, it probably wouldn't be the same if I took a break. Or does it really matter?
Homesick - probably. But no more and no less than any other day.
I'm just backed up into a corner here at the moment and trying to find a way out....

 

[schalk vd merwe]

Hi Jorust, you have done well so far and we are all proud of you. What about asking the Angola government for more funding. I know it is very hard to get sponsorship, my son and I also tried to get funding before our Africa trip and in the end I had to sell a car to make the trip possible. As far as the visas are concerned how about a boat trip in the Mediterranean and bypassing Algeria altogether. I saw your KLR at Adventurers place om Friday and I must say it is a nice bike all rigged out for a long trip. What ever you decide we are all behind you.

 

[jorust]

The funding is an issue but not the main issue at hand. The visas is the main issue!
For some or other unbeknownst reason the Spanish Embassy is adamant that I need to apply for my Shengen in my home country. I don't know why? And without a Shengen...I'm going NOWHERE. This is the issue.
I can bypass Algeria and go directly to Tunisia, but for that I need to go to Europe via ferry. There are no ferries running between Morocco and Tunisia.
So I am quite literally stuck!
BUT...I'm sure somewhere along the line I'll figure something out!  :thumleft:

 

[schalk vd merwe]

I know some people courier their passports home for a visa, that would be much cheaper than a return plane ticked. Just a thought and some moral support. 

 

[jorust]

I know some people courier their passports home for a visa, that would be much cheaper than a return plane ticked. Just a thought and some moral support.   

I've considered that. But for a Schengen they don't accept couriered passports. You have to make an appointment and apply in person. I know because I applied for a Schengen last year December. Unless something's changed?

 

[jorust]

I know some people courier their passports home for a visa, that would be much cheaper than a return plane ticked. Just a thought and some moral support.   

I know you are all just trying to help!  :thumleft:
Thank you!  :3some:

 

[Red Donkey]

Hi Jo,

As dit sal help. Riaan Manser het 'n breuk in Marocco gevat vir dieselle rede. lol. So as jy sy spore volg, is dit nou tyd vir 'n breuk.

 

[Fudmucker]

Jo, i'm afraid you are up against Fortress Europe.
Schengin visa? It's just another way to say F-off we don't want you kind here.
EU citizens are free to roam the world unhindered,
but if you want to set foot in Europe - even in transit - you are made to feel like a criminal.

If it is the only way out of the log-jam, come home and get it done.
We still admire you tremendously for what you have done up to now!

BTW, can you fly home from Morocco without going through Europe?