31 August 2011

Waking up in Vilanculos is truly like waking up in Paradise! Although the towns facilities are super basic the environment is spectacular. We decided to charter a catamaran for the day and head off to the islands for some sea, sun, food, beer and general R and R….what...

30 August 2011

Woke up feeling strong and refreshed after a great nights rest. We left Chimoi quite late at 11am to head for Vilanculos where Natasha, Fernando’s daughter had arranged accommodation for us at an awesome self catering house on the beach…Unbelievably beautiful is all I...

29 August 2011

We left Senga Bay at 7am to leave Malawi and head to Tete in Mozambique. The day started with the usual magnificent countryside, sights, sounds and smells that is the norm when riding through Africa on a motorcycle…life is tough! Once we had done the usual border...

28 August 2011

Another well deserved rest day after having made up the additional day on Friday. The day has been spent sleeping, eating, drinking and playing shweker! A Portuguese card game that has taken us from matchstick paupers to matchstick billionaires and back again all day...

27 August 2011

Rest day today! Lounging by the pool, cleaning and maintaining the bikes and updating the blog as people are beginning to complain that it starting to feel like “groundhog day”!

26 August 2011

Today was supposed to be a 500km ride to Chipata, however, because we were on the road before 7am we got to Chipata through beautiful countryside by 1pm and made a prompt decision to push on to Senga Bay another 350km away and get a 3 night stay in one spot rather...