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The end of the road at the Great Australian Bight • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/24454301740/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Crossing the Nullarbor - The longest straight road in Australia • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/24632021582/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Giant Tingle Tree, Valley of the Giants • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/24723524036/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
At the boundary between the Southern and Indian oceans at Cape Leeuwin • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/24723537246/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Travelling down the west coast of Africa by motorcycle • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/15360835756/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Steve on the bare metal gurney in triage at Mazabuka District Hospital, Zambia • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14660371473/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
The road from Kigoma to Mpanda, just outside Mpanda is sandy • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14563469361/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
The church at Nyamata, Rwanda • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14354055257/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
The Catholic Church at Ntarama Genocide Memorial, Rwanda • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14353622900/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Riding along the Queens Mile at Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14537435743/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Elephant grazing at the Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14517613795/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Maribu stalk next to the Kazinga Channel at Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14515912454/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Kingfisher on the back of a hippo in the Kazinga Channel at Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14330706099/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Water buffalo in the Kazinga Channel at Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14330701699/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
A pair of fish eagles nesting above the Kazinga Channel at Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14330681449/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
There are many hippos wallowing in the Kazinga Channel at Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14330683588/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Crossing the equator near the Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14330901638/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Reflecting at Moses Campsite, Sipi Falls, Uganda • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14479102683/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
2014-06-18 10.10.47 • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14479227853/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
These little 150cc motorcycles are ideal for the challenging terrain, near Logumgum, Kenya. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14455292963/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
A Massai house at dawn in Logumgum, Kenya. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14431691741/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
I stay with Paul in his village of Logumgum, Kenya. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14248591237/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
The road down continues to be tricky, near Logumgum, Kenya • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14433885024/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
IMG_1692 • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14416164821/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Piere who took me to the museum, next to the Masai of Kenya at the Nairobi Railway Museum, Nairobi, Kenya • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14218097630/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Young elephants enjoying their lunch time feed at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Nairobi, Kenya • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14397611045/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Young elephants enjoying their lunch time feed at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, Nairobi, Kenya • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14417771013/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
The rugged group of rounders players who meet on a Tuesday night in Nairobi, Kenya. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14210942499/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
I came across the guy on the right trying to inflate the front tyre of the motorcycle, while it still had a punctured inner tube. Near Arusha, Tanzania. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14402047762/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
The Snake Park near Arusha, Tanzania looks after injured snakes and also has a surgery with anti-venoms • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14397642275/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
A Nile Crocodile keeping an eye on me at the Meserani Snake Park, Arusha, Tanzania • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14211179817/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
There is a tarif if you hit an animal while driving on the A7 through the Mikumi National Park in Tanzania • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14209493690/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
The A7 takes you through the Mikumi National Park in Tanzania • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14394719522/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
A giraffe not sure what to make of a motorcycle at Mikumi National Park, Tanzania • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14395011734/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
A German family with a BMW GS sidecar outfit travelling from Frankfurt to Cape Town in 3 months. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14209433789/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
A stall holder with onions, tomatos and other veg., near iringa, Tanzania • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14372959336/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
2014-05-28 12.32.20 • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14209428799/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
At eye level with the clouds @2400m near Mbeya, Tanzania • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14394711242/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Coaches and lorries are on a schedule, so drive fast and stir up dust! Near Mbeya, Tanzania. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14209462918/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Frances helped me pick up my motorcycle when it fell ofer while i was parking it. Near Livingstonia, Malawi. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14396551495/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Lunch time chat with Vincent, a university graduate in Malawi. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14210095427/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Hollowing out a canoe from a tree trunk is hard work. Near Kande, Malawi. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14209951720/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
An old fishing boat seeing out its days on the beach at the Nkhotakhota Pottery Lodge, Malawi • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14393178791/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
A military bridge, spanning the remains of the old bridge where one of the pillars had collapsed near Makaika, Tanzania • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14209918298/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
The caretaker of the Jesus Camping in Tete, Mozambique with his family. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14210435348/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
They still iron with a charcoal iron at Jesus Camping, Tete, South Africa. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14393690381/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Sunset view from Jesus Camping at Tete, Mozambique. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14210452320/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
You can buy these 25Kg bags of charcoal along the roadside in Mozambique and Malawi. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14417207973/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Female military police officers flank a wreath in the middle of a roundabout in Chimoio, Mozambique • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14417193303/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Sunrise at Vilankulos, Mozambique • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14395925184/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
This freshly graded dirt road near Tofo, Mozambique was a pleasure to ride along. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14417167743/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
The dead trees in the lagoon along the main road north out of Maputo, Mozambique • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14210344969/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Chillies, pickles and piri-piri sauce available at the municipal market in Maputo, Mozambique. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14210397160/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
My BMW F800GS Adventure with a group of Harley's at the shorefront in Maputo, Mozambique • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14210370218/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
I was taken for a tour of the sights of Maputo, Mozambique by this group of Harley riders. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14210385970/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
I met Jean and Claire Nortje near Middleburg, South Africa, on a weekend away to celebrate their 5th wedding anniversary. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14210702417/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
A decommissioned power station in Soweto, South Africa now used as an sports and activity centre. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14210538768/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
These kids were super friendly and would not stand still for a photograph in Kliptown, Soweto, South Africa. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14417316093/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Benedictte chilling in the street by the latrines in Kliptown, Soweto, South Africa. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14417308333/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Benedictte by a mural to the Freedom Charter in Kliptown, Soweto, South Africa. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14210541160/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
2014-05-02 16.11.55 • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14210605028/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Sometimes you wish the signs were placed before the danger. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14210733057/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
In Swaziland, they include tiger fish alongside the "Big 5" to make the "Big 6" • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14397182265/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Trying my hand at the skills challenge at the BMW Bike Fest event in South Africa. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14396329834/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
The Sani Pass, South Africa • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14374289306/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Rorke's Drift, South Africa, site of the 1879 Anglo-Zulu battle where 130 british army soldiers hunkered down while 4,000 Zuli warriors attacked. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14395913342/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Anglo memorial to the battle of Rorke's Drift, in the cemetary at Rorke's Drift, South Africa • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14210822857/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
The Amphitheatre, Drakensberg, South Africa. • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/14380766906/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Map of Africa, Wilderness, South Africa • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/15247227526/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Steve Armitage and Tony Howes make it to Cape Aghulas • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/15267060891/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
IMG_0091 • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/15271784995/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Zimbabwe: Gordon welcomes us to the Bulawayo Railway Museum • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/15085173970/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Steve Armitage and Tony Howes at Victoria Falls, Livingstone, Zambia • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/15097474849/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Crossing the Zambizi from Botswana to Zambia at Kazungula • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/15280806462/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>
Morocco: A craftsman adding the leaf effect to a copper template in the kazbah, Marrakesh, Morocco • <a style="font-size:0.8em;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/50948792@N02/10113231493/" target="_blank">View on Flickr</a>


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