Ok, so where to start!
Myself and my g.friend are thinking of the possibility of doing a cape town to cairo trip next year.
We've only heard the "it's too difficult" feedback from people that never even left their own country etc.
So I was told this forum is the place to come to get some answers.
Basically, we've very little motorbike experince. We did a 1 month trip down Vietnam a few years ago and apart from that, that's it really.
We'd only be able to use one bike if we were serious about this trip as my g.friend would be on the back.
So, a few questions if I may;
1. I keep hearing about this "carnet". What do I need to know about it?
2. Would it be wise to buy a bike in cape town? As you can see, I've zero info about all this
3. We work online as travel bloggers, so we'd be under no time constraints. Would we have access to internet for the majority of the trip? I know getting a local sim card is fine, but just wondering in general?
4. If we were to buy a bike in South Africa, what sort of one should we consider and how much would it cost?
I've a bunch other questions but I don't want shoot them all out here at once.
Would love to get some feedback as to whether this trip would be a realisitic possiblity or if we're off our heads.
We've been in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda before a few years ago doing some independent volunteer work and we're well travelled....but Africa is Africa and we know how difficult things can be.
TIA
Carlo