Niassa, Chucky Norris and John the Baptist.

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Metaljockey

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Eastern Cape
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KTM 640 Adventure
The plan was to do a coast to coast ride. That’s lake coast to ocean coast.

Start at lovely Lake Malawi and work our way through Niassa and Cabo Delgado provinces in Mozambique to the Indian Ocean and the Quirimba islands, then double back to Lake Malawi again.

Like this;

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It did not work out like that though, we got sidetracked before we got started.

As luck or Lucifer would have it, on the very weekend that we were to depart from Malawi the “Lake of Stars” party kicked off at Senga Bay, Malawi.

Lake of Stars is a music festival slash club gig with a difference. DJ’s are flown in from all over the world to do an open air show on the lake shore lasting three days.

They also fly in several plane loads of freaky, friendly, fascinating, club groupie type chicks from Europe and the UK. How can you say no to that?

We couldn’t , so we sacrificed three days worth of riding.

The participants this time around;
Myself and Hennie

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Nardus and Brian

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Our base was Fat Monkey’s. Best spot on Cape Maclear.

While we had a day or two to kill, some had their bikes individualized by Richie, the village artist. This is the same guy that did my 1200 in 2006, when my wife and I came through here.

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And I know you are eyeing that twenty litres of fuel in the saddle bags. Yes, we were going to need that later.

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Nardus and myself playing bawu.

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Visiting friends.

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Hell of a spot ain’t it?

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Cold beer and lazy sunsets, I just love this place man.

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Anyway, the day comes and we load up for the trip, we intend to do the Lake of Stars and then leave from there for the Mozambique border.

Immediately as we pull away from our undercover parking in Cape Maclear, I donner neer. No idea why I lost the front, but not encouraging to hit the deck in the first 4.5m of your trip.

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Our route for the day, Cape Maclear to Senga Bay.

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Pulling into the venue, we score a quality camping site.

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The setup basically works like this. There are two stages, a main stage with live acts, and another smaller stage, both on the beach. There are many temporary bars and eateries and a hotel that serves food. Most people camp though.

The music starts at 12:00 on the Friday and then continues until the next day at 06:00, just after sunrise. You then have 6 hours to clean up, eat breakfast and sleep, before the music starts up at 12:00 again, until the next day at 06:00. Then the same again until Monday morning.

We snapped a couple of pics that afternoon.

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Then we partied.

I learn that European House Music is basically crap.
I learn that the local drug pushers stock some pathetic stuff.
I learn that European club chicks are helluva friendly.
I learn that the Malawian expat chicks are really nice.
I learn a lot of other stuff and see some wonderful things, but this is a bike forum, I don't wanna bore you.
I learn that I won’t last three days, and so after watching the sunrise on Saturday morning and participating in the booing when the music stops, we decide to get breakfast and get going.

Yeah baby, bike trip at last!!!



 
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