- Preparation and start:
- Libya
- Egypt
- Sudan
- North Ethiopia
- Ethiopia
- Southern Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Tansania, Uganda, Ruanda, Burundi, Sambia
- Botswana, Namibia
- Southern Africa
1. Three months preparation time
- A little backpack had to be thrown of in Heidelberg
- Since Luzern ( Switzerland) no more winter clothes, several layers of summer clothes make me unmovable
- Jugendherberge in Genua geschlossen, bei der Suche nach anderer Bleibe eingekeilt zwischen Bauzaun und Kirchenwand
- Youth hostel in Genua closed. During the search of an other accomodation i got stuck between a church and a construction fence
- Ferry boat: only 7 cars and one motorbike, no tourist on bord

2. Libya:
- Suddenly rear break went off, flat tire in three seconds
- Three weeks with a Tuareg in the Lybian desert
- My guide does not speak any of my languages
- We cooked together over the open fire and ate together from one plate
- Sand storm, 14 hours under the blanket
- My guide is gone, a few months ago people were kidnapped in this area
- 10.000 year old rock paintings

3. Egypt:
- Two and a half weeks waiting for the motorbike in Alexandria
- Visiting the burial chambers in the pyramids without electricity
- Ten hours convoy driving with the police
- Visiting the cultural highlights in Luxor
- Ferry boat ride on the Nasser lake to Sudan

4. Sudan:
- People very poor, but friendly
- Short cut through the desert, a sand storm appears, we can not see our hand infront of our own eyes, not enough water on bord
- Got stuck with a ferry boat on the Nile river
- Sleep on a filling station direct next to a petrol pump

5. North Ethoipia:
- Cultural shock, from the Muslim world to the Christian world
- 200 people surround my bike
- Once in the while the police hit the people away with a stick
- Three months eating with the hands ( Injera)
- See a 600 year old bible. Protection against the sun with an umbrella
- Crash from seven meter high on a rock formation
- Accident someone runs in my motorbike

6. Ethiopia:
- Excursion with three Israelis to the hotest desert in the world
- Motorbike is not allowed to drive on the Awash bridge, loaded on a truck
- I do not recognize the capital of the Afar region, in the second attempt we find it
- Three o clock in the morning we start for the crossing of the Danakil depression
- A flooding should stop our journey
- We are going around the water
- Temperature 51 degrees
- The chief of the Afar wants more money for climbing vulcano Erte Ale, we refuse
- Visit of the lowest point of the desert, 116 meters

7. Southern Ethiopia:
- Nature people ( Hamer, Konso)
- Special cemetary
- At the breakfeast we wonder about the different cultures
- The exit is difficult, the visa is expired for 35 days
- Exit via goat tracks with a local guide

8. Kenya:
- Engine break down, priest Florian welded the engine
- The journey continues with crashes and break downs
- On the second day I was rescued by an ambulance
- Celebration of a new born child
- With priest Tony in an UNIMOG through North Kenya
- Reparation of the motorbike in Nairobi
- Someone steels my passport and the drivers licence

9. Tansania, Uganda, Ruanda, Burundi, Sambia:
- Climbing Kilimanjaro mountain
- Four Germans singing a song in German, afterwards 500 people sing the same song in Kisuaheli
- Relaxation in Sansibar, swimming with the dolphins
- Abseiling 100 meters deep near a waterfall
- Sightseeing of the mountain gorillas
- Electricity short cuts in Kigali
- Genocid in Ruanda
- Crossing rebel region in Burundi
- Trip on a one hundred year old ship on lake Tanganika
- Swimming on the Vic falls

10. Botswana, Namibia:
- Bye bye of "Black Africa"
- My first elefant herd infront of the motorbike
- Sleeping in the Okavango delta
- Visit a Himba village
- Interruption the excursion of van Zyls pass
- Visit a horse breeding place

11. Southern Africa:
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Transport on a vegetable truck to Cape Town
- Several canyons driven through
- Lesotho: six hours on the back of a horse
- Mosambique: Diving
- Hospitality of the people of Mosambique
- Motorbike back on a ship to Europe, myself with an airplane
35000 kilometers on a motorbike and a lot of new experiences!

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