3 July (Day 4)

by | Jul 3, 2010 | Cape to Cairo 2010, Diary Archive

Left our Lodge in Rundu just after 8am heading for Kongola, our destination for the day.  In comparison to previous days, our ride today is a short 427km! The Caprivi strip is beautiful with amazing bushveld scents and unusual road warning signs that I suspect...

2 July (Day 3)

by | Jul 2, 2010 | Cape to Cairo 2010, Diary Archive

Left Windhoek at 6am just as the sky got light and broke the back of the 700km that we had to do today by 10am. The route today was Windhoek to Rundu (the entrance to the caprivi strip in northern namibia). Things went well until Dale’s radio stopped working which...

1 July (Day 2)

by | Jul 1, 2010 | Cape to Cairo 2010, Diary Archive

Awoke to an awesome sunrise over the orange river. Southern Namibia is beautiful because of its starkness. The ride today was a long 700km to Windhoek. Looooong straight boring roads with nothing but nothing to look at plus an unbearable heat that set in after midday....

30 June (Day 1)

by | Jun 30, 2010 | Cape to Cairo 2010, Diary Archive

Wooohhooo!! Cairo here we come. We met at 8am for fuel etc before leaving. 2 friends of ours; Hilton Bennewith and Rowan Crowie will be riding up to Livingston, Zambia with us over the next 5 days. Our route today was up to the Namibian border (700km) and we are...

29 June

by | Jun 29, 2010 | Cape to Cairo 2010, Diary Archive

The last day has finally arrived. Running around getting last minute things completed and need to be on the bike to do so. The Cape has chosen today of all days for the heavens to open and I have got completely soaked. Saying goodbye to friends and...