Greetings all,

I am in begging stages of planning my trip from Cape Agulhas to ... well hopefully, John O'Groats.

Plan is to leave around July of 2017 from South Africa.

2011 BMW R1200GSA. Right now no other fellow riders, but i have not put the plan out there on inter webs.

Here's my plan so far, please help me out with few sticky points,
South Africa, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Sudan , Egypt....

Sticky Point #1 - Egypt to Turkey (if possible at all, seems unlikely at this point)
...or Egypt to Jordan to Israel ... then ferry to Turkey (if possible) or Greece
... or Egypt to Israel ... and then ferry

Once in Turkey or Greece, make my way around ... north-ish

Sticky point #2 Sudan/Ethiopia Visa. I am British passport holder.
Looks like i'll need a second passport to have time lines for visa match as Sudan allows for 60days validity from date of issues, and i couldn't make it in time on one passport. Ethiopia seems similar, although looks like i can apply for visa in South Africa. Any issues with acquiring second passport or getting Sudanese visa?

Sticky point #3 (perhaps only at this point)
situation around Lalibela , Gondar etc.

Sticky point #4
crossing from Sudan to Egypt.
seems like there is short ferry to Abu Simbel and then straight shot from there.
unless i am mistaken. Perhaps there is an open road now between two countries ?

Sticky point #5
I assume riding all the way through Europe ... UK is not putting me in "danger" of paying some sort of import taxes/duties etc upon entering say UK or any european countries.

Sticky point #6 ...really not an issue now... finding shipping company to ship bike back to SA ... or questions relating registering bike in UK and the selling it.

Thank you all for the initial help.

I'll get back with more details thoughts on bike kit, personal kit, routes, sites etc.

Would love to connect with someone that might be keen on doing some of this journey ... or all... or perhaps someone recommends people to become friends that are near Cape Town so that i can learn from their experiences.

Thank you all once again.