I woke up early to find the room empty. M and J were complaining about the aircon not working last night and they must have changed rooms or bolted because of my snoring. M's a fine one to talk.
Dealing with these arabs is something else. Everything is a negotiation and we've been had properly a few times. I'm sure it's the same as India. The impression you get is this nation smokes, goes to mosque twice a day and does bugger all else!
Today we have to get the bikes de-registered, quite a long process, and then tomorrow we get to the ferry about 16km away and load up. This takes the whole day. We booked airconditioned cabins, which the Dutch couple didn't. They were hoping we wouldn't arrive.
Loading pictures is proving a hassle. Our note pad is not charging easily and we don't have wireless comms of our own so it looks like internet cafes the whole way. I'll move pictures to Picasa and hopefully you can find them there.
Later. Jim.
Ps We'ree through with de-registering the bikes, itr took about 3 hours. Quite unbelievable admin. Anyway now there's some time to relax. It's so hot outside that you can't move.
From here it up to the port tomorrow. Be there at 10 clear customs, passports and load up. A process that will require about 6 hours! It might be a while before we see the next internet cafe.
Hi Jim! Sounds like lots of admin so far - I think once you are in the Sudan the real trip begins! Love following your progress so thanks for the regular updates. Send the photos to me and I will upload them for you? Take care x x x (those are for spark, not you)
ReplyDeleteGood work Jimbo! 1x puncture change already - lets hope you're not going to make a habit of that. It's about 10 degree in Cape Town if that's any consolation...
ReplyDeleteHi Jim - I've got a simalar trip planned so watching with interest from Notties - not sure if you are aware but there is a group of 6 bikes heading up from PMB - currently in Malawi see 3boyzonbikes.com regards Peter Greene
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