Welcome to South Africa, where the cows are large and well fed, where the pigs are succulent and the chickens plump. Welcome to a land of steak chops and ribs, a land of breasts and loins, of sausage and biltong. Welcome to a land where Barbecue is so special it has a special name, the [...]
Eating on the Road
It’s no surprise that with our own slightly narcissistic amateur ‘sommelier’ Andrew Miller along, our group was bound to be blessed with a running commentary ...
Eating on the Road
It’s no surprise that with our own slightly narcissistic amateur ‘sommelier’ Andrew Miller along, our group was bound to be blessed with a running commentary on all things involving food and drink. As many are probably already aware, wine snobs, sommeliers, etc. are renowned for their pretentiousness when it comes to wine and often food [...]
Bunny Chow
The city of Durban has a relatively unique but delicious culinary showpiece; Bunny Chow. This strangely named dish is neither food for rabbits, nor does it have rabbit meat in it. The name is apparently derived from the caste of Indian people who invented it the Banias. The dish is essentially a relatively traditional Indian curry [...]
Durban 2 for 1
People in Durban are fat. I am sure such an opening sentence will insult or offend someone, but the simple truth is that the people in Durban are FAT! I would love to placate by saying something like, “not that there is anything wrong with being fat.” Or “there is nothing wrong with a little [...]
Changes
I have heard it said that life is change; the constant movement of things, ever shifting, driving us to new places, experiences etc. Sometimes the changes are small and go essentially unnoticed while other times life hits you with change like an Acme Anvil dropped from a cliff. As the door closed on the container [...]
Endings
Beginnings are difficult. Who can ever really say where something began? You can always trace things back further and further, deeper into the past and the events that led you to the present. I don’t really know, or at least can’t say, where it really began, but I know where it ends and where it [...]
Welcome to Maputo
Right to it. We got Calebs bike ‘fixed’ only to go 100kms down the road from the black hole of Vilanculos and have the engine seize. This is not something that we can deal with on the road so this event would call for some rash decisions to be made regarding our route plan. We [...]
Malawian Marketing Claims
Malawi is a strange country in many ways. Its current state of economy and infrastructure is terrifyingly weak; a poorly valued currency, crippling fuel shortages, common products like soda are simply unavailable and food from one area of the country can’t be shipped and sold even 100km. And yet at the same time, the products [...]
When Life Throws You The Wrong Clutch Cable…
A lesson in how to be more Awesome in the face of adversity 8:30pm after a long day of riding, being stranded for 5 hours without gas, and then more riding; your clutch cable breaks. Not to worry: you planned for this and brought a spare with you for just this occasion. You pull off [...]
Mechanical Mayhem, Mishaps and Miracles
Those who aren’t of a mechanical nature may not fully appreciate the enormity of the task we’ve undertaken. Riding 6000km across Africa in five weeks on 15-year old Honda XR250 dirt bikes is, yes, a physical push for our bodies, but almost even more so a mechanical roll of the dice. The majority of African [...]
Sponsors
-
The Kili Kings
-
My Ascent From Hell To Heaven
-
Brandon Lazar: Goat Whisperer
- To oil a chain…
-
The sun also rises on Mt. Kilimanjaro
-
Mccarty: You really make it seem so easy with your presenta...
-
Frye: Forgot to ask this, who did the art for the homepa...
-
auto approved list: My mate and My hubby and i turned exclusively expr...
-
Chia: This is the right blog for anyone who wants to fin...
-
scrapebox tutorial: I’ve been absent for a although, but now I ...
