Tuesday, 31 July 2012
How to ship a vehicle from Panama to Colombia – Part I
There are plenty of write-ups on the internet on the Panama to Colombia shipping process. Inevitably the process changes and all these guides become irrelevant as I am sure mine will in time. BUT! For now… This is the down and dirty method on how you...
Kuger and Limpopo - RSA to Mozambique
So! Time to get up to date on the blogging. We left off somewhere after crossing the border from Botswana back into South Africa to visit the famous Kruger National Park. Spotting a Leopard crossing the road in front of the cars just after the entran...
Luebecker Nachrichten – an article
A recent article in the Luebecker Nachrichten about our campaign and expedition:
Pe Valea Nilului si de-a lungul Marii Rosii/ The Nile Valley And The Red Sea Coast
Egypt 17 - 19/07/2012
Dupa cum anuntam intr-un ‘fast forward’, dupa cele mai dezgustatoare negocieri si dupa ce am cotizat substantial la bugetul de Ramadan al mafiei d...
Dupa cum anuntam intr-un ‘fast forward’, dupa cele mai dezgustatoare negocieri si dupa ce am cotizat substantial la bugetul de Ramadan al mafiei d...
Ushuaia 2011 – Dia 5 e 6
Dia 05 – Finalmente começa o passeio
O carro ficou estacionado na frente do hostel e fomos rodar a cidade a pé. O hostel fica bem localizado, pertinho de Los Dedos que foi a nossa primeira parada. E tava frio, viu. Muito frio! Ven...
O carro ficou estacionado na frente do hostel e fomos rodar a cidade a pé. O hostel fica bem localizado, pertinho de Los Dedos que foi a nossa primeira parada. E tava frio, viu. Muito frio! Ven...
Captivi in Purgatoriul calatorilor/ Trapped In Travel Purgatory
Egypt, Aswan 11 - 17/07/2012
Ziua 398 din calatorie. Ajungeam in fata ‘Gaurii de sosire’ (sic!) in Egipt, dar cu mai bine de doua milenii intarziere. Egiptul antic era demult istorie, lasand mostenire civilizatiilor urmatoare comori nepre...
Ziua 398 din calatorie. Ajungeam in fata ‘Gaurii de sosire’ (sic!) in Egipt, dar cu mai bine de doua milenii intarziere. Egiptul antic era demult istorie, lasand mostenire civilizatiilor urmatoare comori nepre...
Visit – OnCall Africa
Visit – On call Africa, Zambia
What: Mobile clinic
Where: Livingstone region, Zambia
When: 05-06-2012 till 09-06-2012
In Zambia we met Mattea and David Clark, who are two young and ambitious medical doctors from the United Kingdom. They have ...
What: Mobile clinic
Where: Livingstone region, Zambia
When: 05-06-2012 till 09-06-2012
In Zambia we met Mattea and David Clark, who are two young and ambitious medical doctors from the United Kingdom. They have ...
The PanAm Shipping Process Part 1 – Panama
We rose early on Monday morning and met the guys from Adventure the Americas downstairs in the hotel lobby for our gratis gourmet breakfast of a cup of coffee and piece of bread. We confirmed everything w...
The Kenyan coastline – Magic!!!
After arriving back on the main land from Lamu, we headed down the Coast in the direction of Mombasa. I had been to Kilifi before and really wanted to take Mike there and show him how beautiful it is. This stretch of the coastline is really amazing a...
Desertaholics
Sudan 06 - 11/07/2012
Sunt locuri in lume unde, din cauza climatului extrem, masuratorile meteo pot fi facute numai cu sateliti NASA. Asa arata topul celor mai ridicate...
Sunt locuri in lume unde, din cauza climatului extrem, masuratorile meteo pot fi facute numai cu sateliti NASA. Asa arata topul celor mai ridicate...
Sunday, 29 July 2012
Lalibela te ingenuncheaza/ Lalibela - Assume Bedazzled Position
Din cauza masivului Mt.Yosef de 4190 de m, Lalibela nu pare ca s-ar afla la 2630 de m altitudine. 8 secole dupa de regele Lalibela din dinastia Zagwe a visat sa fondeze aici un al doilea Ierusalim, acest indepartat orasel ethiopian isi implineste, in...
And next to Italy… Ciao!
So what have 2 Do Africa been upto? … To start with the thing we seemed to be doing the most on this trip is unpacking, re packing, and then packing again however I think ...
Planeta Ethiopia / Planet Ethiopia
Ethiopia 28/06 - 06/07/2012
Avem un sentiment minunat de fiecare data cand aerul este ‘nou’, cum spune Yusuke. Entuziasm, dar si teama naturala de necunoscut. In ...
Avem un sentiment minunat de fiecare data cand aerul este ‘nou’, cum spune Yusuke. Entuziasm, dar si teama naturala de necunoscut. In ...
Ushuaia 2011 – Dias 1 a 4
Dia 1 – Saída de Rio das Ostras
Saímos sem pressa de RO e dirigimos 3 horas até o Rio de Janeiro. Era aniversário da minha mãe então ficamos um pouco lá pra tomar um café, faz uma hora e saímos por volta das 8 da noite para não pe...
Saímos sem pressa de RO e dirigimos 3 horas até o Rio de Janeiro. Era aniversário da minha mãe então ficamos um pouco lá pra tomar um café, faz uma hora e saímos por volta das 8 da noite para não pe...
Ushuaia 2011 – Preparação
E ai pessoal! Estava devendo um relato da nossa viagem ao Ushuaia em 2011 e hoje resolvi pagar a dívida. Vou tentar ser sucinta e objetiva sem deixar detalhes importantes de fora, ok? Vou escrever cada parte em um post diferente pra não ficar muito ...
South to Anchorage…
After spending a day on my own to rest my ankle and do some writing, I left Fairbanks this morning and rode down towards Denali National Park, to hook up with the Prudhoe Posse again…
They had ridden the 200 km down there yesterday and had planned...
They had ridden the 200 km down there yesterday and had planned...
Amboseli NP
CANADA/USA - Video zum Blog Auf nach Alaska
CANADA/USA - Auf nach Alaska
Why? That is always the question. Why do you like bugs? W...
Ethiopia # 2
27/7/12
Gondar Ethiopia
KMS travelled 23,156
With Marianne recovering in bed at Paradise Lodge, with little to do the second day I teamed up with a retired Swedish diplomat, Carl Jungen, who was in Arba Minch in an unofficial ca...
Gondar Ethiopia
KMS travelled 23,156
With Marianne recovering in bed at Paradise Lodge, with little to do the second day I teamed up with a retired Swedish diplomat, Carl Jungen, who was in Arba Minch in an unofficial ca...
Panam'
Ne vous méprenez pas, nous ne sommes pas à Paris mais bien au Panama, là bas derrière l'eau (comme disait mon collègue burkinabais quand il parlait de la localisation de la France par rapport au Burkina).
Bref, voilà notre dernier pays sur la liste ...
Bref, voilà notre dernier pays sur la liste ...
We had a run in with the law in Durango!
**Note** I do not have many pictures in this post. Due to the situation outlined below, you will see we were much too busy to take pictures. If you have to have pictures, please read another one of our posts. Thanks!
At Some time during t...
At Some time during t...
Thursday, 26 July 2012
Gocta Falls
The road inland from Lambayeque is a fast good road but it still took us all day to reach Bagua Grande which is a lowland town set amongst rice paddies. We had a very uncomfortable night here where it was hot, wet and there were squadrons of mosquito...
The Crisis Zone
During the planning of the trip, Greece had always been part of the plan. Neither of us had been there, and I’ve always been a fan of beaches/islands/very-large-cocktails. However as the euro-zone crisis unfolded we kept a close eye on developments...
A small and awesome break for us both :-)
So, after 3 & 1/2 months Gaila and I will be taking a break from our respective bikes – Lucille and Sassy Pants for a bit of non-motorcycle fun. I will be fishing with college buddies in Canada – North of Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) and Ga...
Deep in the Heart of Texas
*** Old post that we never updated…so here it is 
Hi all. Yes it has been awhile since our last update. Sorry about that. Both the mil...
Hi all. Yes it has been awhile since our last update. Sorry about that. Both the mil...
Wednesday, 25 July 2012
Visit – Global outreach
Wat: NGO
Waar: Iringa, Tanzania
Wanneer: 02-07-2012
Waar: Iringa, Tanzania
Wanneer: 02-07-2012
Onze eerste stop in Tanzania is bij Miraji, een ‘oude’ vriend die ik een aantal jaar geleden heb leren kennen via mijn neef in Neder...
Visit – Kaziwiziwi Dam
What: Dam providing energy to charcoal mine
Where: Rumphi Phoka, Malawi
When: 26-06-2012
Where: Rumphi Phoka, Malawi
When: 26-06-2012
After a night of camping in the wild, we make a cup of coffee alongside the track, enjo...
Guest Blog – by Ole Doetinchem
In high tide or in low tide…
This morning, lying lazily on a hammock drinking coffee, watching over the ocean at low tide, I found myself wondering about all the commotion out there ...
Solace in the Snowstorm
“I’ve decided I’m a mountain girl”
At 4:30 I dizzily stumbled out of bed. My skis waited in the car, and as I passed the table by the front door I grabbed the breakfast I’d set out the night before. By ...
- Sheena
At 4:30 I dizzily stumbled out of bed. My skis waited in the car, and as I passed the table by the front door I grabbed the breakfast I’d set out the night before. By ...
Hillbillys and GS Giants
Monday, 23 July 2012
Panama City
The Pan-American Highway, a series of roads linking the great white North of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska all the way down to the southern-most reaches of Ushuaia, Argentina. At a total length of just under 30,000 miles, Guinness Book of World Records marks i...
Monterrey to Durango-A harrowing experience!
We packed up to leave Hildago first thing in the morning and met Homero as we were pulling out. Bernard pulled out a bag of clothes, that Jan from Houston had sent with us to distribute to needy kids in Mexico. There were soccer shirts amongst other ...
A Visit to Honda Motos Guatemala
I had developed some combustion problems simlilar to what I had been experiencing when my air filter was clogged up.
I stopped into Honda in Guatemala city to see if I could pick one up. After speaking to a few people the word started to get aroun...
I stopped into Honda in Guatemala city to see if I could pick one up. After speaking to a few people the word started to get aroun...
Sunday, 22 July 2012
Pause Update No. 2: Minnesota and Oaxaca
Planning for an Adventure Motorcycling Trip
Planning for an Adventure Motorcycling Trip.
Here is a video which introduces the idea of planning for an adventure motorcycling trip. Not one of our most exciting videos but informative none the less and it covers essential feedb...
Here is a video which introduces the idea of planning for an adventure motorcycling trip. Not one of our most exciting videos but informative none the less and it covers essential feedb...
Wednesday, 11 July 2012
Backpacking Corcovado National Park
It had been far to long since we did some backpacking and Lauren and I were getting very excited to visit Costa Rica’s Corcovado National park. Corcovado is located on the isolated an...
Como tirar o visto americano
Taí um assunto que dá pano pra manga. Todo mundo tem dúvidas sobre como é o processo para conseguir o visto dos Estados Unidos, principalmente depois que as regras mudaram, em abril desse ano. As dúvidas são muitas e diversas. Os relatos vão desde “...
Últimos dias em Chiapas!
Depois da calmaria dos dias que passamos na selva voltamos à agitação das cidades, e infelizmente chegamos à Palenque justamente na sexta-feira santa. Rodamos muito procurando um lugar para dormirmos, até que resolvemos seguir em direção à zona arque...
And we are off!
It has been a trying past couple of weeks. You know from following our progress, all of the things we were trying to pack in with the trip preparations. The good news, we have completed everything that is going to get done. It seems, every turn there...
Sleeping on top of Volcan de San Pedro Atitlan
Lago de Atitlan has been described by Aldous Hulxley as the most beautiful lake in the world. Surrounded my mountains on all sides with 3 volcanoes overlooking it it certainly is breath taking. Dotted around the lake a...
A Warning: Hard Drives and Altitude
When you are travelling your laptop becomes your lifeline. Not only is it your only way to keep in touch with your friends and family back home but its a source of many different types of info from detailed maps of the countries your in to being a ho...
MASAI–Tribul Oamenilor “ arc”
Dupa vizita in Serengeti, pe data de 06 Iulie, am avut deosebita placere de a vizita un trib de Masai. Acest popor nomadic se intinde din Sudul Kenyei pana in Nordul Tanzaniei. Practic teritoriile lor au fost impartite p...
SERENGETI, campiile nesfarsite
Noaptea de 4 spre 5 Iulie in campingul din Serengeti, a fost ca in filmele de groaza. Campingul este situat in Rezervatie si nu este ingradit. Am fost advertizati de aparitia animalelor noaptea prin Camping dar nu asi fi...
Kilimanjaro, Acoperisul Africii
Luni, 02.Iulie, am lasat minunatul Ocean Indian si nebunia din Dar es Salaam sa ne continuam expeditia. Planul a fost sa parcurgem 650 de Km inspre Nord si sa ajungem la Arusha la Campingul Maserani. Arusha si Moshi sunt...
The Road to El Cocuy, Part 1: Wookie Eye Road
Before we started our trip we were warned about Colombia. Namely, we were cautioned about the possibility of getting kidnapped by the FARC. We tried to ignore t...
Bike Update – Guatemala
Bike update.
I have put the bike through some really punishing stuff over the last few weeks. Lots of muck and a couple of hundred miles over very rough and rocky roads. I have riden through tropical jungle areas, through beautiful alpine environm...
I have put the bike through some really punishing stuff over the last few weeks. Lots of muck and a couple of hundred miles over very rough and rocky roads. I have riden through tropical jungle areas, through beautiful alpine environm...
Tsavo East NP
Last Minute Maintenance Check #1
As we returned from the 2012 Overland Expo, there were several of our sponsors we visited to make final mechanical checks on The Turtle V before we head east to ship to Europe for the beginning of The Trans-Eurasian Odyssey. Our first stop w...
Fazendo o bem na estrada também
Não me lembro exatamente onde ou como, mas cruzei com o site da Fundação Moskoka há algumas semanas e me interessei pelo projeto deles. A Fundação Muskoka é uma ONG criada em 2009 para inspirar viajantes a fazer o bem enquanto estão na estrada.
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