Buggs' Bikeless African Adventure

[young1]

Great write up. Did you notice how clear the water is in the Red Sea?

You guys are doing an awesome job

Mike

[buggsubique]

Great write up. Did you notice how clear the water is in the Red Sea?

You guys are doing an awesome job

Mike

yeh its real nice and clear. Havent been diving yet though. Might do that in july if i can dodge ramadan and get my leave cleared...

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[Underground]

Good to see you're managing to scratch the adventure itch in you're time off ........as if you dont get enough of it at work!

[thepom]

Allo mate....I,ve dived the red sea abit and promise you awesome diving....my favourite place in the world for diving.....Hurgada is a great place...full of russians on holiday,its the costa del sol of russia...terrific diving too at dahab too,hope thay have toilets in dahab as they didnt when I was there with my jelly botty... good luck and stay safe....and enjoy...

[Underground]

Allo mate....I,ve dived the red sea abit and promise you awesome diving....my favourite place in the world for diving.

mmm... diving.... I've got some moorings I need to check and a couple of other jobs, but my tank is out of date and my wetsuit seems to have shrunk

[buggsubique]

yeah im not sure what my next break will entail. Ive almost had enough of egypt now and i have heard there is a self drive motorbike safari place outside of kampala in uganda. Might ask after that one and see if i can ride me a bike in amongst the animals or something.

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[pete-blen]

mmm... diving.... I've got some moorings I need to check and a couple of other jobs, but my tank is out of date and my wetsuit seems to have shrunk

Must be a common design falt with wet suits... mine done the same..
Don't take yer tank to the blen dive shop for a hydro... they drill holes
in them..then tell yer it had cracks around the valve thread ..

[buggsubique]

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vjpl0itcd...anabol%201.wmv

Hey fellas,

Well not too much to write about to be honest. We managed to get a couple of 4WD patrols in recently as we did a route recce out east from here and then again to track some dudes with guns. This one is from the first trip where we took a couple of sections of Indian infantry in their trucks. We were in 2 x Nissan Patrols (good, capable wagons). Here's a video of the trip. Would be an amazing adv ride. You could actually do a pretty cool circuit through this state, maybe around 1000km. You'd need a trail-biased adv bike and probably one with low fuel consumption. Most bikes here are 125cc because of the limited gas availability and the cost. That said, I'd love to have a brute like the AT here with knobs on.

The area we drove in this video is basically a swamp with a road through it. And yes, I know the winch angle was f*cked, but it was the only firm footing for the Nissan. We had to turn around after 7 hours and 80km as both the big trucks were getting bogged and it was only getting worse. 14 hours was a longtime getting thrown around in a tin can!



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Enjoy, Buggs

[JATZ]

WOT !!! only 16 Indians ?... there musta been more than that

Nice work Buggs

[Waihou Thumper]

I saw your photo album on Facebook Matt. Great work, must be frustrating at times with the Beaurocracy, red tape thingy...
Keep up the good work, you will be back soon enough to re-acquaint yourself with the AT, not to mention the family of course and the lawns and the fence and the chores Bet you cannot wait!

[buggsubique]

Cheers Mark. Certainly looking forward to getting home. There's only so much 4th world one can take when you're not passing through it on two wheels.

The AT needs a fair bit of love (I haven't ridden it since the WAR ride!) so I am considering (ie the wife is considering) getting either another DRZ 400 or 650R. That'll give me something to flog instead of hte Africa and I'll put some money back into her and dress her up nice again over a bit of time. Certainly can't part with the AT though!!

Even denying myself a week's Adv riding in Ethiopia to put towards the bike!

[Waihou Thumper]

DRZ 400 or 650R. That'll give me something to flog

Even denying myself a week's Adv riding in Ethiopia to put towards the bike!

Let's see if the next WAR ride can be a fist full of DR's The way things are going, it could be achievable Dirt cheap DR600 thumper on trade me Matt, $1900, great start...