{"id":616,"date":"2014-07-25T14:40:07","date_gmt":"2014-07-25T12:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thiswayupafrica.co.za\/?page_id=616"},"modified":"2015-12-12T10:20:44","modified_gmt":"2015-12-12T08:20:44","slug":"photos-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thiswayupafrica.co.za\/?page_id=616","title":{"rendered":"Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Blaauwberg beachfront, packed up and ready to roll…<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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An hour out of Cape Town and already lost<\/div><\/div>
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Crossing the Orange River<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Happy days<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Heading for a swim in the Orange<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Typical Namibian landscape<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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More big skies in Namibia<\/div><\/div>
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A diversion onto some rougher stuff<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Kyle monkeying around on a railway bridge<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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A selfie crossing the Tropic<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Early morning at weavers rock near Otjiwarongo<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Red Namibian mud<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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First bike down in the slippery stuff<\/div><\/div>
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down, but still smiling<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Northern Namibia heading towards Caprivi<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Easy rider<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Gearing up for a thunderstorm<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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On the Zambezi at Katima Mulilo<\/div><\/div>
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Taking a break on the Zambezi<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Across the Zambezi (we had to cross this bridge three times for some reason!)<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Livingstone, enjoying a well earned rest<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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A Mosi on the Zambezi, life doesn’t get much better<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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The obligatory “falls” photo<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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The boiling pot at the base of the falls<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Sunset cruise on the Zambezi<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Captain Morgan<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Comparing rides. Despite the lack of any other safety gear, dayglo jackets are considered essential<\/div><\/div>
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Motorized bicycle in Zambia<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Strike a pose<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Zambian Villiage<\/div><\/div>
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Stopping for a life saving cup of tea in a Zambian tea shop<\/div><\/div>
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Tea for 4 with a loaf of bread cost about R10<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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The first of many accidents<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Tanzania, a whole new country<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Tanzanian forests<\/div><\/div>
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Washing day<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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On the way to Dodoma<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Stopping for a coke at a very festive cafe<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Baobabs have pegs presumably to allow the locals to scale them for the fuit<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Dropped bike trying to go around a blocked road<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Tango makes a detour<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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In a ditch on the road to Dodoma<\/div><\/div>
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Heading out of Dodoma to Arusha<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Game sighting near lake Manyara<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Mount Meru<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Waterlogged feet<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Repairs at Arusha<\/div><\/div>
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Braai night in Arusha<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Looking for supplies in Arusha<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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A happy meeting with fellow South African Shayne Rookhuyzen on his charity cycle from Cairo to Cape Town<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Shayne, a true adventurer, rode his bike over 11000 in support of SOSA (Support Orphans in Southern Africa).<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Our luggage on it’s way, Lake Manyara<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Ready for game spotting<\/div><\/div>
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Ngorogoro Crater<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Typical family transport in Tanzania<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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The clock tower in Arusha, half way from Cape to Cairo<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Shane getting engaged to a local at the Kenyan border<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Bikes lined up at Jungle Junction<\/div><\/div>
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The Equator! We almost missed this sign!<\/div><\/div>
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Our first camel sighting, northern Kenya<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Northern Keyna<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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First puncture<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Local kids on the road to Marsabit<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Local taxi in Marsabit<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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The infamous Marsabit to Moyale road, in the mud<\/div><\/div>
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More Marsabit mud<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Mud speed<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Half way to Moyale, a rare photo of Shane not smiling!<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Baboons near Moyale<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Friendly kids at the Ethiopian border<\/div><\/div>
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Lions of Ethiopia in Moyale<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Hard earned mud<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Southern Ethiopia, you’re never alone in the densly populated country<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Biking Ethiopian style<\/div><\/div>
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Chinese construction techniques are seen everywhere<\/div><\/div>
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Tik tiks in a small Ethiopian villiage<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Covering the headlights to avoid getting pulled over by police<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Addis Ababa, local taxis<\/div><\/div>
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Addis Ababa, local taxis, keys are optional<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Famous Tomoca coffee house in Addis Ababa<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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A pick up truck in Addis Ababa<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Overlooking the Blue Nile<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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The road in and out of the Blue Nile Valley drops over a kilometer in height<\/div><\/div>
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It’s not an easy life in Ethiopia for donkeys and women.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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The Blue Nile selfie<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Kyle mucking about in the Nile mud<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Accidents and broken down trucks are plentiful on the steep valley pass<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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A local musician <\/div><\/div><\/div>
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More carnage<\/div><\/div>
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Typical Ethiopian villiage<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Phonetic menu<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Market day<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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On the shores of lake Tana<\/div><\/div>
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Shane entertaining the locals with tales of the All Blacks<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Giant Haystacks<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Heavy loads and bare feet<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Lalibela, just breathtaking<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Inside the rock hewn churches<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Beta Giyorgis<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Paintings Inside the churches<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Tunnels Inside the rock hewn churches<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Inside the rock hewn churches<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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The rock hewn churches are active places of worship<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Old door into one of the churches<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Ben Abeba, Lalibela<\/div><\/div>
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Ben Abeba, the restaurant on the edge of the world<\/div><\/div>
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View from Ben Abeba<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Riding out of Lalibela<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Tea break<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Friendly locals<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Heading down from Gondor towards Sudan<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Camera shy<\/div><\/div>
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Friendly kids near the Sudan border<\/div><\/div>
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Stopping for cokes at the only place with a working fridge<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Curious Ethiopian kids<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Over the border into Sudan, a dramatic change in scenery<\/div><\/div>
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Our new friends took us for coffee<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Sudanese woman in the 45 degree heat<\/div><\/div>
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Loaded up but jackets abandoned in the heat<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Loopy Lawrence of Arabia<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Exhausted in the heat<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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trevors ingenious heat sheald<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Water jugs for weary (and desperate) travellers<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Bayuda Desert<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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A break in Merowi<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Nubian pyramids of Mero<\/div><\/div>
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Bayuda Desert road<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Bayuda Desert<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Desert Smurf<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Dongola, heat exhaustion sets in<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Trevor not looking to good either<\/div><\/div>
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The Sudanese paparazzi, not sure if we ever made the papers<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Rough camping in the desert<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Wadi Halfi at last<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Mazar enjoying a ride on Shane’s DR<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Bikes loaded onto a barge<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Exhausted but happy to have reached Wadi Halfa<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Luxurious bathrooms abound<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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48 degrees of unrelenting heat<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Negotiating with a tuk tuk driver in Wadi Halfa<\/div><\/div>
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5 star all the way<\/div><\/div>
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On the “taxi” heading for the ferry<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Hauling our luggage down to the ferry<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Hauling our luggage down to the ferry<\/div><\/div>
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All aboard for the 12 hour cruise<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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We had to pay extra to sleep outdoors in front of the cabin<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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No complaints about the view<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Landing in Aswan Egypt<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Sandstorm in Aswan<\/div><\/div>
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Sandstorm in Aswan – we jumped into the pool<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Tired but happy to be back in civilization<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Replacement numberplates for the bikes<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Kamal the Camel<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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On route to Luxor<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Canals alongside the nile (for some reason)<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Friendly locals trying to work an angle on Shane<\/div><\/div>
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Temple of Karnak<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Temple of Karnak<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Temple of Karnak<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Obligatory photo outside the Temple of Karnak<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Local mechanics, no welding goggles required<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Local mechanics trying to remove a wheel bearing<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Luxor to Hurghada <\/div><\/div>
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Stunning road to Hurghada through the red sea hills<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Hurghada, the Red Sea<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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A Swim in the Red Sea<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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The Red Sea heading for Ain Sokhna<\/div><\/div>
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The Red Sea <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Happy crew<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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View from the hotel<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Sphinx photo<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Cheesy pyramid photo<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Coke and a Camel<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Dinner in the house of Mahmoud<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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On the roof where Mahmoud keeps his chickens<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Alexandria<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Saying a sad farewell to our trusty bikes<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n


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