Author: Bruno
South Africa
The border crossing will be completed in just one hour, including a quick covid test. The customs buildings are located in a basin sheltered from the wind. When we get back on the bikes, which are still in the shade, the dashboard shows 43°C. This is a very special feeling, at this temperature everything is Read More …
Amazing Namibia
With a negative PCR test in our pockets, we head for the nearby Namibian border, nothing special this time. We are in Namibia and set off on a straight stretch of over 500km. On both sides of the road, small villages are installed on a white sand. The dwellings are huts made entirely of plant Read More …
Botswana the land of wild animals.
At 10.00 am we present ourselves at the border. We had not paid attention, from Livingstone we have to enter Zimbabwe for a few kilometres and only pass through Botswana. We go to the health desk, a proper PCR test is required. We don’t have one and it’s not possible to do a quick test Read More …
Across Zambia
Another border crossing, this time between Tanzania and Zambia. For the first time our vaccination booklet is checked, by a young woman with the name of Happy. She is mainly interested in the vaccine against yellow fever. At the emigration desk, where a hen is incubating her eggs behind a cupboard, it goes very quickly Read More …
Come back to Tanzania
No covid test this time. Emigration and immigration go quickly. Here we are at the customs. The customs officer makes us sit in his office. As soon as we are seated, the power goes out. Don’t panic, the customs officer waits for the power to come back on so that he can use the PC, Read More …
incursion into burundi
Border to Burundi. We speak French and we drive on the right in Burundi. It’s good to speak French even if we notice that there are language differences. After a negative covid test in the pocket in 20 minutes for 15,00 $, we go to the next station located at 1 km to have the Read More …
Across Tanzania
Réveillon This morning we cross the border between Kenya and Tanzania. A new experience for us. It starts with a bang, we need a PCR test less than 72 hours old. Well OK, where can we get one? In Nairobi or Mombassa. Roughly 200 kilometres away. The people in charge of this health control confirm Read More …
Good by Kenya
We drive to Lake Amboseli. After about two hours on the track we arrive at a park gate. We put our feet down. The guard comes towards us and we greet him. He immediately informs us that motorbikes are not allowed in the park. We now know that what is not allowed is not necessarily Read More …