Africa by Motorcycle
Distance 350km
Last night I went to sleep with the sounds of a big thunderstorm. Lighting flashes were almost continual as was the rumble of thunder. I definitely made the right choice of not camping. I got a very good 9 hours of sleep and woke to a very different world to the one I left the night before.
After two consecutive days riding for 11 hours, a lot of it on dirt roads, and a sleepless night in a hot and humid tent, I am exhausted. I managed to get to the last small town before the Hamile border post and find a cheap hotel. It has a shower and a bed and sometimes power. There is a thunder storm outside which may account for the 3 consecutive power cuts in 5 minutes.
Distance: 450km
I am on the road again at last. I left Accra at 8am and headed North West. I entered Ghana on the East side so am travelling up the West side of the river Volta to leave by different scenery. So far I am not disappointed.
STOP PANICKING MUM! I was not the patient!
I had a call from Hussain at 5.30am. He wanted me to get a taxi to his place and we would go together to pick up the bike. Why so early? His wife was sick and had gone to hospital. I tried to persuade him to forget about me and focus on his wife but he said he had everything in hand and after she had gone to hospital she would go to her mother’s and I could take Hussain there on the bike.
After saying goodbye to Amy amd the boys at Cardiff, the flights were uneventful. It was nice flying over Spain and Africa and seeing the same scenery I had seen at ground level. When i get home i want to do a side by side gallery of shots i have from both air and ground.
First off.. I am in the UK and have been planning this for the last two weeks. Don’t worry I fly back to Ghana next Friday to continue my journey.
Why? I hear you ask? …
I woke at five this morning and was up dressed and ready to go by 6am. I am making good progress and expect to be through Burkino Faso by tomorrow.
Have somewhere nice to sleep tonight. Bit expensive but it includes food. Plan another early start tomorrow morning and another high mileage day.
Not much else to say for now. I hope tomorrow’s blog will be much more interesting.
The bike is packed and I am ready to move north tomorrow. I plan to move quickly with the goal of getting as many kilometres ìn as I can by the end of the day.
After a quick meeting with the head of Ghana Scout and Guide Fellowship we went to the botanical gardens about 30km north of Accra. A nice place and picked up a couple more geocache finds at the same time
I had a disturbed nights sleep last night. As well as they high humidity I had at least one small companion with me in the room. A hungry companion who had a nibble on my ankles and my back.
