Zimbabwe/Moz/Malawi/Tanzania/Zanzibar/Zambia/Nam/Botswana

[>Herman<]

Ma ek hoop nie daai twee     van jou beteken jy was lelik nie?  

Ek is nooit lelik nie, was nie eers met geboorte lelik nie!!!    

[Leo]

Thanks for the report Zonkelnut.

Was wondering how you managed to get to Zanzibar & back in 10 days, and still have time to take photo's!

Great one  

[Welsh]

My sincere respect, want to do it! Now my wife wants to do Zanzibar next year for our 10 year wedding aniversary (please note 10 whole years she deserves a medal) what if she flies and I ride, I like that idea?

Welshie  :?  

There are two theories about how to win an argument with a woman. Neither one works

[Tassos]

Zonkelnut, great report and awesome pix. Looks like you had a fantastic time !!

[Zonkelmonk]

Hey Tassos. Good to hear from you. How is Germany treating you? Sjoe. Never thought to hear from you again.

[FortyZA]

Guys,

Forget the "Carne de passage"

Most border posts in Africa have never heard of this document.  We took some 5 proto-type vehicles into Lesotho for altitude testings and fuel vapour leakage tests.  That is taking a vehicle from 850m to 3500m in a short time frame, wanting to see how fuel expands, where vapours exit fuel tanks and how fuel tanks expand and contract.  We had the "Carne de passage" and the border official looked at it and shook his head, said we must pay up as those are not valid in Lesotho.  We showed him the country list but he would not budge.

It is cheaper just to fill in and pay at the border.  Not only that but if they take the "Carne de passage" off of you, you loose all that money held in trust.

Zonkelnut, it is nice to know that our neighbours are still friendly and looking to take our strong Rands.

[X Banana Boy]

Very cool report.  That looked like a lot of fun.

[X Banana Boy]

My sincere respect, want to do it! Now my wife wants to do Zanzibar next year for our 10 year wedding aniversary (please note 10 whole years she deserves a medal) what if she flies and I ride, I like that idea?

Welshie  :?  

There are two theories about how to win an argument with a woman. Neither one works

Welshie,

That sounds like a good idea.  The Mrs can fly into Dar and you can ride up and pick her up at the airport or a hotel and then catch the ferry to Zanzibar.

[LuckyStriker]

That sounds like a good idea.  The Mrs can fly into Dar and you can ride up and pick her up at the airport or a hotel and then catch the ferry to Zanzibar.

I second that idea. Mrs Welsh will love it

don't take the bike over to Zanzibar though. Apparently you can rent a cheap 250 for less money than it takes to put your bike on the ferry

[funacide]

Awesome ride Zonkel. Thanks for sharing. I would love to do a good african trip sometime in the future...

Well done!!!!
 :!:  :!:  :!:

[Tassos]

Hey Zonkel, maybe one day we will meet halfway in Africa somewhere. Good to see that you are enjoying the Capo and your rides and that I can at least look at some nice pix.
Germany is ok, i can even see the sun today  

[Lootch67]

Germany is ok, i can even see the sun today  

Lucky you! No sun in the UK today

Pic from this morning's
Long way round (to work)

[macduff]

very lekker pics zonkel...
you are by far the most adventurous of this lot....

shit, africa is darem mooi ne!

tks for pics and report    

[LuckyStriker]

very lekker pics zonkel...
you are by far the most adventurous of this lot....

you mean of course: "by far the most adventurous of us lot..."
It's not like you can be excluded from your own statement  

I agree with mac though. You make me jealous (don't you have a job that holds you down?)

[Cane Rat]

Hel Zonkel, is ek bly jy het vir 'n verandering daai Capo laat doen waarvoor hy gebou is. Het nie nou baie tyd nie maar sal later fotos kyk. Ek's baie bly om te hoor dat die Capo homself so goed gedra het en ook natuurlik dat julle almal veilig terug is. Groetnis.

[Zonkelmonk]

Well Cane Rat. I am so impressed (with my limited off-road experience) with the Capo, I am thinking of taking the Capo on my trip in August to Kaokoveld instead of the trusty TransAlp. And that will be FortyZA (GS), his brother (GS) and me with Capo.

I can not tell you how easy it made the route. I did worry about the reliability, being top-heavy, etc., but I found exactly the opposite. But those floating disks!   Dam noisy. Mine floats and no more disks.

I have been to Aprilia and they say there is a mod out that fix the noise. I will see Tuesday what it is. And apparently you do not loose braking performance. I will let you know after Tuesday. I am also going to put a 16 tooth sprocket on.

[wino]

well done zonk, but starting to choose the capo over the ta?  

[Zonkelmonk]

well done zonk, but starting to choose the capo over the ta?  

Never!!! Did you see the link of the 38 Liter tanks for the TA's? Just don't have the money, but for sure a should have

[Zonkelmonk]

http://www.wilddogtours.co.za/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1117