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Unfortunately no luck in Dar es Salaam.  Off to Zanzibar for a few days then up to Kenya. Will try Mombassa and Nairobi.  If any has any contacts for tyres please let me know.

Really appreciate that.  Taken me an hour just to get this reply to you.

Thanks KTMKobus. We leave Morogoro this morning.  Heard bad things about traffic in Dar. Will be in touch once we are settled in our hotel.

Hi. Need new tyres for Honda CRF L.  Size is 120 / 80 -18. Can anyone recommend place in Dar es salaam

Will do. Thanks. Will probably need new tyres in Daresalam. Any recommendations on where to go?

Hi everyone.  Sorry for not updating much but pretty lousy at this blog business.  So! We are now in Malawi,  just south of Nkhotakota.  Fab trip, still hate the dirt roads! Expected hassle from cops in Mozambique.  Nothing!!!! They laughed at and with us. Stopped in Malawi but only because...

Thanks guys. We came down  Sani Pass,  never been  off road before. Cannot get worse ... can it?

Hi guys.  We have started our African Odyssey.  We leave Durban on Saturday 20th heading for Swaziland then Mozambique.  Anyone  any thoughts on  accommodation especially  over Xmas.  We have a tent but expect  places to be heavily booked. Look forward  to perhaps  meeting some off you enroute.

It was good to meet you.  Now in Graskop enjoying the stunning  scenery  and dirt roads. Trying to work out how to upload photos.

Hi anyone out there. We have now been  in SA for almost a week.  Attended the Horizons Unlimited meet  at Elgro Lodge. Currently in Pretoria waiting for the bike paperwork to be completed.  Hope to drive (hire car unfortunately ) to Blyde River Canyon for the weekend. Would be great to meet any...

Hi nor sure who to contact with this, hope you can help. Me and husband (John) fly from Scotland to Joburg Nov 10th.  Will be picking up bikes in Pretoria, but to start with will probably be in a hire car.  Would love to try and join you, went to the Enniskillen HUBB (Northern Ireland) this...

And greetings back to you from a very sunny Aberdeen!!!  What a small world. Thanks for the advice, keep it coming.  Will check out your trip on WD.  Looking forward to getting away from a Scottish winter.  Daffers

We now have a date!  Flights booked Scotland to Joburg for November 10th. Will take a few weeks to buy bikes and get organised.  Will have to hire a car so we can do some exploring.  If anyone around would be great to meet up to discuss routes, accommodation, what to pack etc.

Certainly will chase this up.  Thanks.  If you are in Mozambique any relevant info gratefully received.  Been reading other blogs on WD.  'Fuzzy Muzzy' ride was great.  Also reading Lonely Planet.

Thanks FrancoisTz.  Bikes will be registered in our names, although led to believe this is a long process.  Need an address in SA. Info on carnets is very confusing as some say nor needed for most countries.  We cannot proceed with them until we are in Joburg and have the bikes, but trying to...

Flights booked.  43 days until we fly from Scotland to Joburg! Another question ... If we are riding SA registered bikes, do we need carnets for Namibia, Botswana, Tanzania, Moz, Malawi, Zambia, Kenya, Uganda? South African AA webiste say only needed for Kenya.  Is this still correct?  Can...

Hi everyone Been a while since my last post.  Me and husband are coming out to SA to start our tour up to Kenya and back.  Been delayed a bit as John has broken his collarbone by crashing his bicycle! We hope to fly to Joburg, buy bikes (Honda 250 CRF) in Pretoria, then ride down to Cape Town...

Hi everyone.  We are coming over in October to tour your fabulous country.  Looking at routes, and open to ideas. trying to open your gdb map files but not working on OSM.  Anyone got gpx routes they can share? Hopefully meet some of you along the way.

Hi Crab Thanks for finding that info.  There is so much brilliant on the forum that I have not got round it all.  Will definitely get in touch with him.  We hope to do a similar trip but only have 4 or 5 months (depending how long the money lasts!!).

Hi Ouman Will look into this.  Thanks