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Shipping from Cape Town to South America

Tom
Shipping bikes is an exciting process but unfortunately there are many pitfalls. We have shipped our bikes many times to different places in the world, both by ship and by air. We have found the shipping from C...
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Three weeks in Cape Town

Caroline
After 9 months of Africa we could use a bit of holiday time. Cape Town is the perfect spot to chill and get us back on our feet. Because Tom’s kids – Casimir and Zoë – were going to come over, we wanted to g...
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Swaziland and South Africa

Tom
The bikes are running fine again so there is nothing stopping us from exploring our next country, Swaziland. After a 300 kms tar stretch, it was already pretty cold as we pitched our tent in Piet Retief, but th...
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Phillip, 27 years, South Africa

Caroline
“My body refuses duty, but not my head”   Phillip is a 27 year old guy we met on the university campus in Cape Town, South Africa. He studies IT in Applications Development and primarily focusses on ...
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Beach life in Mozambique

Caroline
We left wonderful  Malawi behind and headed straight into Mozambique. It appeared to be one of the smoother border crossings - to African standards that is - but getting insurance for the bikes seemed to be mor...
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Malawi, the warm heart of Africa

Caroline
We have been looking forward to Malawi for quite a few months now. The country wasn’t even on our list for the first section of our trip, but we kept on meeting people that were raving about it. Would it be as ...
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Zambia, the falls and the wildlife

Tom
The border crossing from Namibia into Zambia won’t be forgotten by our wallet any time soon for sure. While Caroline was looking after the bikes on the parking lot, I was working my way through the series of of...
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Bye bye Angola!

Caroline
From the province of Namibe, in the south of Angola, we took the dirt road to Virei. It felt great to unroll our sleeping pad in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by big boulders and Walwitscha plants, and to s...
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Angola, what a country!

Tom
The track right after the border crossing in Noqui, Angola, would be a nightmare. At least that’s what they made us believe. But with the rainy season coming to an end and the track being dry, the ride to Mbanz...
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A night in no man’s land

Tom
Entering Cabinda was easy. Getting out proved to be a lot harder though. The border between Cabinda and Congo-Kinshasa was suspiciously calm that afternoon, apart from that lonely soldier: ‘You guys will have t...
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Muddy tracks all over

Tom
It started pouring down pretty badly in Kribi (Cameroon), just as we started the 200 km piste to Ebolowa. We doubted for a while, but the idea that it all wouldn’t be that bad kind of prevailed. Travelers tend ...