Another day riding in Africa. It was in my opinion the best so far.
A great combination of perfect weather, beautiful scenery and a delicious lunch made this trip from the Northern Cape to the Indian ocean a memorable one.
We started in Colesberg, with English breakfast and then rode to Graaf Reinert in the heart of the Karoo. The scenery was very beautiful. Long stretches of road with traditional karoo vegetation and with mountains in the far distance.
Our lunch stop was really nice and it is amazing how one can just get into any city without ever having been there and look up information on restaurants and choose the one that is most suitable.
For us it is very important to see the bike and the car and in this case we had outside seating in a most picturesque ambiance.
The people were very nice. Again most of them lead with Afrikaans and then switch to English. We have really enjoyed "rubbing shoulders" with the people of the land. White or black and many different backgrounds does not matter, they all see themselves as South Africans and are working at building up this great country. We had forgotten how advanced it is compared to other countries in Africa and how pleasant it is to live here. I am sure there are many issues in the large cities like Johannesburg, but out in the country we never felt any discomfort and were always very well received.
Time was running so we had to get back on the road and although the morning ride had been very nice, the afternoon part was even better as we started getting into the mountains and eventually came down towards the sea.
Did not see many police on the road and we rode most of time alone on the roads. Very different from yesterday where there was plenty of traffic.
Unfortunately we arrived in the dark and were not able to see the ocean yet. First thing tomorrow morning after I wake up will be looking out of the window.
As we were nearing George, the weather got very cold so I stopped, to dress up warmly, next to a field with some ostrich. They were running around but unfortunately we were not able to get any good pictures then. Later on the calmed down and we snapped away.
We also saw many troops of monkeys on the road. They are quite dangerous as they do not move away when they hear the car coming and/or hooting.
The bike continues to leak oil but not a lot do it looks like it I will make it to Cape Town where I have a service scheduled already to fix it. Very happy it happened in South Africa where BMW Motorrad is so well represented.
Make Life a Ride !
Facebook post showing some photos of the DAY
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A great combination of perfect weather, beautiful scenery and a delicious lunch made this trip from the Northern Cape to the Indian ocean a memorable one.
We started in Colesberg, with English breakfast and then rode to Graaf Reinert in the heart of the Karoo. The scenery was very beautiful. Long stretches of road with traditional karoo vegetation and with mountains in the far distance.
Our lunch stop was really nice and it is amazing how one can just get into any city without ever having been there and look up information on restaurants and choose the one that is most suitable.
For us it is very important to see the bike and the car and in this case we had outside seating in a most picturesque ambiance.
The people were very nice. Again most of them lead with Afrikaans and then switch to English. We have really enjoyed "rubbing shoulders" with the people of the land. White or black and many different backgrounds does not matter, they all see themselves as South Africans and are working at building up this great country. We had forgotten how advanced it is compared to other countries in Africa and how pleasant it is to live here. I am sure there are many issues in the large cities like Johannesburg, but out in the country we never felt any discomfort and were always very well received.
Time was running so we had to get back on the road and although the morning ride had been very nice, the afternoon part was even better as we started getting into the mountains and eventually came down towards the sea.
Did not see many police on the road and we rode most of time alone on the roads. Very different from yesterday where there was plenty of traffic.
Unfortunately we arrived in the dark and were not able to see the ocean yet. First thing tomorrow morning after I wake up will be looking out of the window.
As we were nearing George, the weather got very cold so I stopped, to dress up warmly, next to a field with some ostrich. They were running around but unfortunately we were not able to get any good pictures then. Later on the calmed down and we snapped away.
We also saw many troops of monkeys on the road. They are quite dangerous as they do not move away when they hear the car coming and/or hooting.
The bike continues to leak oil but not a lot do it looks like it I will make it to Cape Town where I have a service scheduled already to fix it. Very happy it happened in South Africa where BMW Motorrad is so well represented.
Make Life a Ride !
Facebook post showing some photos of the DAY
Click HERE for all the photos of the DAY !
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