When we met Susi, Marc and Tam in Wadi Halfa in the middle of November last year, they have just arrived by ferry and were waiting for their bikes to arrive from Aswan, Egypt. We were getting ready to leave Sudan the next day going in the opposite direction. I immediately liked Susi, as she was the first girl biker I have met on our trip and she was riding a very cool KTM. She was even the same height as me and only one year older. It was great getting to know them better.
Susi, March and Tam left Austria at the end of August 2011 and was travelling down all the way to Walvis Bay in Namibia. We tried to convince them to come all the way down to South Africa, but it seems the negative publicity about crime in South Africa have influenced their travel plans. It is such a pity, as the road down from Namibia through the Northern Cape and onto Cape Town is such a splendid road for riding. Hopefully one day we can convince them to come and visit us in South Africa and then they will see the amazing places we have for riding.
They are currently in Uganda and have also gained one more team member since the beginning of the year. Marianne is riding a STX 200cc trail bike. They are visiting Zigoti now, the school where Susi was a volunteer more than a year ago. She said that the kids were really impressed to see her on the bike and the one boy said: “The volunteers have so little money that they couldn’t afford to fly, so they had to come by motorbike…”.
We wish them all the best for the rest of their journey as they head down towards Namibia. Hopefully one day we will do some riding together in South Africa. Follow their journey on www.321offroad.com
Here is a photo of Susi and Marc:
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