...we ship to South America on the 8th June!
What an amazing 18 months we've had in Africa. It's taking us a while to get our heads around the fact that in just two weeks time we'll be saying farewell to a continent that has left an indelible mark on both Lisa and myself. You can't come here and expect to leave the same person.
We've enjoyed the truly amazing hospitality and generosity during our trip to date, but have still been left 'gob smacked' by the warmth and good will we've been shown in South Africa. We'd planned to leave SA back in Feb/March but stayed on, hoping to clinch a few sponsors. We desperately needed new camping gear...The West coast hadn't been kind to our kit and it had all seen better days. We weren't dissapointed and the extra time here has meant that not only are we better prepared for South America but that we were able to also do a little more of the Charities side to our trip.
But, shit have we been kept busy...we managed to completey strip, repair and rebuild both bikes and with the help of a good friend here, Lisa's 650 even ended up getting a new paint job, ah well it'll be pretty and shiny for a little while at least. So much seems to have happened! We spent four great days as guest of BMW South Africa riding in the Karro area at the BMW Annual Bike gathering, what a brilliant bunch of nutters, stunning riding and good company always a healthy combination. BMW left us stunned when they sponsored us with two new Rally 2 suits and a new clutch for Lisa's F650GS...she couldn't stop grinning for week, although it'll take us a while to get used to the feeling of crispy clean bike gear, we're pretty sure we can dirty them up fast
Apologies to anyone following our diary on the website, our little laptop simply died on us and it's taken us a while to get the cash together for a new one and so updating the website has been difficult, hopefully in just a few days our new mini laptop will arrive with us and we can get back to getting our site sorted with a few big updates.
Here's a few of the stats we clocked up to date:
24 months of travel.
2 continents
38 Countries
82,000 Km
2 punctures (...it's a miracle...!)
2 broken ribs
1 dislocated shoulder
1 Broken drive shaft
1 broken rear shock (F650GS)
2 Lion encounters
1 'buggered tent'
1 'kaput' laptop
countless new friends
3,500 digital photos
...and thousands of experiences we once could of only have dreamt about!
Here's a couple of photos from our time in South Africa (and maybe one or two others).
Cheers for now
Simon & Lisa T
www.2ridetheworld.com
What an amazing 18 months we've had in Africa. It's taking us a while to get our heads around the fact that in just two weeks time we'll be saying farewell to a continent that has left an indelible mark on both Lisa and myself. You can't come here and expect to leave the same person.
We've enjoyed the truly amazing hospitality and generosity during our trip to date, but have still been left 'gob smacked' by the warmth and good will we've been shown in South Africa. We'd planned to leave SA back in Feb/March but stayed on, hoping to clinch a few sponsors. We desperately needed new camping gear...The West coast hadn't been kind to our kit and it had all seen better days. We weren't dissapointed and the extra time here has meant that not only are we better prepared for South America but that we were able to also do a little more of the Charities side to our trip.
But, shit have we been kept busy...we managed to completey strip, repair and rebuild both bikes and with the help of a good friend here, Lisa's 650 even ended up getting a new paint job, ah well it'll be pretty and shiny for a little while at least. So much seems to have happened! We spent four great days as guest of BMW South Africa riding in the Karro area at the BMW Annual Bike gathering, what a brilliant bunch of nutters, stunning riding and good company always a healthy combination. BMW left us stunned when they sponsored us with two new Rally 2 suits and a new clutch for Lisa's F650GS...she couldn't stop grinning for week, although it'll take us a while to get used to the feeling of crispy clean bike gear, we're pretty sure we can dirty them up fast
Apologies to anyone following our diary on the website, our little laptop simply died on us and it's taken us a while to get the cash together for a new one and so updating the website has been difficult, hopefully in just a few days our new mini laptop will arrive with us and we can get back to getting our site sorted with a few big updates.
Here's a few of the stats we clocked up to date:
24 months of travel.
2 continents
38 Countries
82,000 Km
2 punctures (...it's a miracle...!)
2 broken ribs
1 dislocated shoulder
1 Broken drive shaft
1 broken rear shock (F650GS)
2 Lion encounters
1 'buggered tent'
1 'kaput' laptop
countless new friends
3,500 digital photos
...and thousands of experiences we once could of only have dreamt about!
Here's a couple of photos from our time in South Africa (and maybe one or two others).
Cheers for now
Simon & Lisa T
www.2ridetheworld.com