http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/guerin/ Trans America and beyond, 2005 en-us Featuring Grant Guerin and Julie Rose with special appearance by some other guy Our flight from Addis took us to Sydney via Bangkok. For the first time in three and a half years we were eating seriously good Thai... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/guerin/003638.php Ethiopia at last Finally arriving in Moyales we found the town to be as dusty, dirty and tired as we were, yet it was a blessing to find sanctuary at the Catholic Mission where we could erect our trusty... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/guerin/003560.php Its official.... it's just like Equatorial Africa Little can be said about the road to the border of Ethiopia except that the 540 kilometres of dirt road is extremely isolated, rugged, rough and tiring. The scenery is spectacular as... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/guerin/003327.php Shocking! The idea of corruption is to make as much money out of the muzungus (white foreigners) as possible. However, in our case it all backfired on the KRA (Kenyan Revenue Authority). Eventually, essentially, they disorganized their way out... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/guerin/003294.php 'So, where are the four lanes?' According to our map the road, from Tarveta (border town with Tanzania) to Mombasa, was nothing short of a four lane super highway. Our map has been proven wrong in the past!... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/guerin/003287.php Miss Piggy & Grant The first of June seems to come around quickly as does Easter, Christmas and Birthdays. June 1, 2008, marks the end of our third year since leaving Australia, 120,000Kilometres of travel, 2 continents, 26 countries,... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/guerin/003249.php Yes, the road is smooth 'You are very near now. Only thirte... kilometres and the road is smooth all the way.' (Easy for him to say sitting atop his steam roller.) Thirteen/Thirty which was it? Smooth, we think he... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/guerin/003233.php Grant Plays in the Sand near Cool Runnings How do you pee on the side of the road in the most densely populated country in Africa?? Rather quickly actually, welcome to Malawi.... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/guerin/003178.php Black Market Petrol - Inchope We felt like we were back in Zimbabwe as petrol station after petrol station turned us away. ‘No Fuel’, ‘No power’. On the 470 kilometre stretch from Vilankulos to Chimois we resorted to black... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/guerin/003148.php EN1 - Main Highway of Mozambique We spent almost one month in Mozambique. In that time covering over 2,000 kilometres. We were robbed, bent the front wheel rim, had our first fuel injection problem and discovered the worst paved... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/guerin/003135.php Crossing The Limpopo River from Zimbabwe to South Africa Our return to South Africa was purely for business and to transit to the Mozambique coast.... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/guerin/003134.php Filling Up 'There is a problem with petrol in Zimbabwe, do you think you have enough?' This from a Customs Officer as he perused our entry papers. We had prepared an extra 38 litres of fuel. Was it enough?... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/guerin/003115.php Markets in Livingstone ZAMBIA The BOI (Body Odour Index) had been raised considerably since crossing the border... surpisingly it was not us and was to plague our olfactory sences for our entire stay.... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/guerin/003114.php YOU CAN'T RIDE THAT BIKE HERE! - Dune 7, Walvis Bay West Coast or East Coast? What route to take?... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/guerin/003066.php Warning - Warthogs ahead! We left Windhoek for a 6 day safari to Etosha National Park in the the mighty Toyota Condor with Allan, who prepared it by filling it with wine. Good on you Wine Rider! We prepared... http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/tstories/guerin/002995.php