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March 28th, 2012 | Bolivia

Days in La (s)Paz….

The traffic from the day before, the cold weather; coupled with the flu I was battling, did not make for a pleasant entry into La Paz…

"I'm not taking up that much space, officer…!! I don't see why I have to move…!!"

The cold weather and high altitude, as well as daily rain […]

January 25th, 2012 | Argentina

Chatting With the “Troops” and a VERY Big Day at the Office….!!

After eight hours of uninterrupted sleep, I was ready to ride again… By 6.00 am I had the Big Fella loaded and parked outside the front door of the hotel… I had to wait for the kitchen staff to get their day started, so that I could at least have a few cups of coffee […]

April 30th, 2010 | Africa

The “K. to K.” Run…(Kampala to Kigali)

Four up on a 125cc Chinese import… Believe me, I checked… Their motorcycle did not have Ohlins shocks…!!

The rain that I had been warned about came down in buckets on Thursday, and when I looked out of my window, the parts of Kampala that I could see, were awash with water… I […]

April 27th, 2010 | Africa

Changing Hemispheres…

Yep!! This posting comes to you from the Northern Hemisphere! Today’s Crossing of the Equator was a non-event I’m afraid… After passing through the village aptly named “Equator”, I checked my GPS to find that I was still a few points south of the fabled 0’ 00’’.000’’’ mark, and slowed down expecting to see a […]

April 10th, 2010 | Africa

Karonga on the Lake…

With tyres strapped securely on, we are ready to roll…

"Can you fit anything else on…!!" asked Carol, keen to make me some sandwiches for the road…

While the house still slumbered, I quietly carried all my kit through to the garage where Big Fella stood waiting… Getting tyres tied on […]

April 1st, 2010 | Africa

Three countries in a day… Part 1.

Breakfast in the Gecko Garden dining room, at 6.00am as promised…

I rolled out of Harare at 6.30am and headed north-east on the A2. Traffic was light and I made good time, hoping to get to the border by 9.00am, as I had about 800 kms to ride today… To the east of […]