Hey guys,

I'll be on that route starting mid-late September. Good to know you won't be far behind. Wasn't specifically looking for travel partners but we should at least be in touch. Good luck with planning etc! Feel free to PM me, would be nice to be part of your Whatsapp group.

Cheers,
Bevan


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Hi B,
had a look at your mail and got me thinking , although i don't have a bike at the moment am seriously looking to do UK Aus but want to do it with a group however small, last bike was a Harley and did most of Europe and as far sth as Gibraltar, almost decided on a SV 650 or a Tiger in the near future ,, any thoughts on them?:scooter:
is there much paperwork involved?

stay safe Davo

Looks like its going to be three of us (two DR350's and one africa twin), planning on setting off at the start of November.

bbevan and regie I'll drop you both a private message with some more details. Would be good to share information about roads, visas etc whilst on route.

I'm from USA and in Croatia right now. I have a USA plated DR650 and I need a Carnet somehow. I'm a terrible planner and once I have the Carnet might like to intercept this interesting freight train. I've been in Europe since Mid june and want to do a bit of Africa prior to completing a RTW trip. I'm an excellent mechanic, have a good sense of adventure and not a complete pain in the ass.

Right now I'm waiting for parts to split the cases (in the city of Split, strangely) and replace crank (don't ask). I should be mobile Mid October, and hopefully I'll figure out the carnet business by then. I'm also low on Schengen days. WTF. I'll figure this out. . . I usually do.Attachment 16050

Jimmyha im currently traveling down the West Coast Solo and also did it in the wet season. You will be fine. Just dont do it in the wet season!!!! There are reasons why I had to as I hurt myself in the sahara desert in January and had to delay my trip.

Im about to cross DRC from Kinshasa to Lubambashi also solo. If you want to have a look at what your in for you could have a look at my blog page.


https://www.facebook.com/drcanafricanadventure

Regards

Patrick

All going ahead now. Setting off from Portsmouth the first week of November.

Three of us attempting it, and we've all been glued to your facebook page for months! It's been fantastic seeing all your pictures and reading about the adventure (although hoping to avoid being arrested and Malaria!)

Thanks for sharing everything.

Hey you guys, good luck for November. Its a shame it is a little too early for me, otherwise i would love to join (i have ordered my new ktm, but it wont be delivered until december!!! so I am doing some backpacking around turkey iran, armenia and georgia while i wait). I will be in turkey and am currently now contemplating entering via east africa. The options are:

1. ship to cyprus, then egypt
2. ship to israel (i have a quote), then ride to jordan, then either 2a) transit through saudi and take ferry to sudan or, 2b) ship to djibouti
3. ship to israel, then ride to egypt

I want to travel without the carnet, so i think 2/2b are the best options - but gathering reliable information has been pretty difficult. Can any of you shed some light on these options? Do you guys know of any blogs etc where people have actually completed similar trips?

If I am successful we can meet in the middle somewhere and swap some stories/info.

cheers,
regie

Damn, few months to early for me!

Planning the same route as well on an motorcycle, but can´t leave germany before january.

Anyone interested to join? :-)

Well actually...
 

Good news, my bike should arrive earlier than expected, maybe even around 10-12 November. Two weeks to prepare, one week across Turkey, thinkin possibly ride across Greece and take ferry to Venice, ride across Italy and another ferry to Morocco- hmmm maybe arrive Morocco around Christmas or a bit earlier (too difficult going via East Africa first up).

Hey jimmy, if you have a rough route and schedule feel free to pm me with your details. Be good to catch up sometime.

Regie