Browsing Archive: May, 2011

Visas and Swaziland adventures

Posted by Jiten Magan on Saturday, May 28, 2011, In : On the road

All our visas can be obtained en route except for the Ethiopian one. Until July 2010 is was possible to get it in Nairobi, but is now only obtainable at your home embassy or Addis Ababa. Because of this I caught a flight to Joburg to get a 6 month visa from the Ethiopian Embassy in Pretoria. After 6 visits to the embassy I finally managed to obtain all three visas. We received information that the Sudanese visa can be very difficult to get but with a little luck I managed to squeeze a meeting...

Mountain Kingdom to Zulu Kingdom

Posted by Imraan Sayed on Wednesday, May 18, 2011, In : On the road

Heloo All

Slowly but surely our early morning starts are starting “on time”, however this was not the case in Ugie – as we were about to pack our bikes and leave we figured out that the owner of the B & B locked the room our bikes were parked in and she was only due in later that morning! Fortunately the domestic came in an hour later and set our bikes free (25th April)

After a brief stop in Mclear for some fish and chips we continued to climb to Mt Fletcher. Did our highest altitude as...

Heading for the Mountains!!!

Posted by Ria Moothilal on Monday, May 9, 2011, In : On the road

24 April 2011

Howzit! I believe Jiten’s last blog finished off at our stop in East London. Since then a week has passed and we’ve made steady progress on our way to Lesotho. Close enough that a mountain etched skyline is becoming a constant companion on the road.

Instead of giving you a daily summary of our stops and distances in the past week, I’d like to rather to talk a bit more of my experiences on the trip. Else this blog will just be just as boring for me to write it as it will be f...