Protea & Table Mountain

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Cape Agulhas Lighthouse

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Me & the bike - Cape Agulhas.

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There are several basic rules for doing motorcycle repair on the road in Africa.
#1. Getting parts and tools on the road is a pain in the ass.
#2. Getting parts and tools on the road is a pain in the ass.
#3. See rules #1 and #2.
Having a decent place to work on the bike is often […]

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Check out the pictures page for more photos.
Update is relatively minor - have added some bike photos as well as Soweto photos and some additional photos in the Cape Town set.
I have also made some updates to the planned route, the current trip, and the gear.
Enjoy - more on the way shortly.

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For a city founded only in the late 1800’s Johannesburg has as an incredible amount of noble (and not-so-noble) history.
It’s the beacon of modern industry, capitalism, and modernism on the African continent, the birthplace of apartheid and ground zero for repression of a nation, the home of the relatively peaceful birth of a democracy, a […]

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While this is post #2, this episode actually happened prior to the ongoing bike dropping episodes described in post #1 . For those of you keeping score, my apologies.
I get asked all the time how I plan to ensure I don’t run out of gas (petrol) in Africa.
There are essentially three ways to […]

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Since I’ve been so utterly and completely lazy while living the good life in South Africa, my detailed journaling has been sporadic to non-existent. I am heading north to Namibia next week, but before I depart I leave you with a an abbreviated journal - not a specific set of details, but a recollection of […]

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After a week of bike repair, travel, allergy flare-ups, website issues and general laziness, I’m back in action - posting will resume normally.
Promise!

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