2013
Fotos 2013 in Africa by Marianne Horsch and Sander Wamelink. Big: South Africa. Left: Bordercrossing Guinea to Ivory Coast. Right up: Table moutain in South Africa, Capetonw.
03.03.2013 - xx.xx.xxxx (not finished yet)
Marianne Horsch (Dutch, birthday 29.03.1982) and Sander Wamelink (Dutch, birthday 15.05.1976) www.les-deux-alpes.blogspot.com
- Plan Around-The-World. We left the Netherlands the first time on a 2 Honda Transalp XL600V motorcycles. After 9 months they broke down. So we went back to the Netherlands and bought 2 BMW R100GS motorcycles. On these bikes we will leave the Netherlands the second time on 30.03.2014.
Purpose of your travel: Want to see how the rest of the world looks like. Where do we want to settle? Off course also meeting other people and gaining lots of experiences. Most of all the trip must be fun!
Route: Europe (Netherlands) to Africa 33.000 kms. Europe (Netherlands – Belgium – France – Spain) - Africa (Morocco – Mauritania – Senegal – Gambia – Guinea – Ivory Coast – Ghana – Togo – Benin – Nigeria – Cameroon – Gabon – Congo Brazzaville – Congo Kinshasa – Zambia – Botswana – Namibia – South Africa).
Next trip from 30.03.201: Europe (Netherlands – … – Turkey – Georgia – Azerbeidzjan) – Asia (Kazakhstan – Russia – Mongolia – Russia – ????). After that? South East Asia, India, back to Europe and then to America (Alaska, Canada, USA, Central America and South America).
Highlights on the first part: Riding through sand! Wild life in Africa. Extremely friendly and helpfull people in South Africa. Meeting other travelers.
The worst: Passports, credit cards, mobile phones and so on are stolen in Namibia.
Book or publication: Interview in a Dutch Motorcycle-Magazin (the Promotor in March 2014) and our blog website.
Useful / important informations and TIPS for others: Choose the motorbike you love and know not one that looks on paper as a good bike for the trip but you don't really like it.
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: Not really big motorcycle tours. Our first motorbike trip was to the Nordkapp and back in 3 weeks that was on a BMW 1150 GSA and Suzuki Bandit. The second trip was a 2 week trip to Romania and back to test the Honda Transalps and off we went!
Organisation:
18.03.2014 First inf by Dafne and Rob de Jong. ....who had to cut their world tour short due to mechanical problems, but are ready to go again.
BTW: We did not meet them, we do not know them.
19.03.2014 BT I could not get an info out of their website where they are. And how to contact them.
So I wrote them by facebook-Nachrichten and asked them to answer.
19.03.2014 Quick and qualified overview with fotos!
20.04.2013 - ??
Tamara Artmann (German, born ??.??.1974) and Michael Artmann (German, born ??.??.1974) www.travelnaid.de
- World-Tour? Around-The-World? Tamara and Michael are "on tour".
Purpose: World-Tour with a sidecar: Horst Ulrich KTM LC8 Gespann für Fernreisen mit KTM V-Zweizylinder. KTM LC8 950 Supermoto. If they will travel Around-The-World is not sure in 2014. They are travelling with three own dogs ("Fellnasen"). Tamara is an animal-medicine-doctor; specialised to Osteopathie (Heilung von Bewegung und Beweglichkeitsstörungen):.Michael ( Physiotherapeut) at least has been 10 times on the yearly motorcycle for world-travellers "Tesch-Travel-Treffen until 2010. Many years they told me that they will leave soon. Finally after the death of Michaels mother in 2012 they left their home in Germany.
Route:???
Highlights: ??
The worst: ??
Book or publication: ??
Useful / important informations and TIPS for others:??
Earlier experiences: In 1974 common backpacker tour to Nepal.
Organization:
2001 First visit of the "Tesch-Travel-Treffen"
2010 Last visit
of the "Tesch-Travel-Treffen"
Michael told me many years that they wanted to start next year(s). I cannot remember any other mc-traveller who planned a RTW-Tour so many years.
2013 I heard via facebook that they started a tour. But I did not get (so many years requested) a summary of their plan like above:
2014.08.30 BT contacted Michael. And got a very friendly answer. But not the requested overview.
2011.09.02 Next request for the overview above vai email. And the two best fotos in high quality.
sawantwadi@web.de
info@travel-n-aid.de
Start App. ??.07.2013 - ?
Anders Stridfeldt (Sweden, Borlänge. Lived last 10 years in GB) and Petra Stridfeldt (BMW, Swedish, lived last 10 years in GB. 3 sons). http://twobikersoneworld.com
- Plan Around-The-World. Photographer Petra (BMW F 800 GS) and engineer Anders Stridfeldt (BMW F 800 GS) ride Around-The-World in ?? through ??? countries.
30.11.2014: Approx. 65,000 km (40,400 miles) and 24 countries since the start in Manchester, UK, 1,5 years back.
Two bikers. One World. Around the world on motorcycles with their head full of dreams.
14.06.2015: This is the route so far, 14 June 2015, 77,777 km (48,328 miles) and 30 countries since the start in Manchester, UK, 2 years back.
Purpose (of the tour): ??
Wow we crossed Myanmar/Burma overland from Thailand to India.
http://twobikersoneworld.com/wow-we-crossed-myanmarburma-overland/#
Route: ???? Europe (GB- ?? )- Asia (Thailand - Myanmar (Arrival: 25.02.2014 with Marianne and Max from Belgium and Matteo (Italian) and Elody (French) in a 4×4 car and Ti, the guide. We were three motorbikes and one car plus the car with the guide. Many military checks. 80 kms bad off-road) - Myawaddy to Kyaiktiyo Padoga - Kyaiktiya Padoga to Taungoo (only 280 kilometers of good roads) - Taungoo to Mandalay ( 370 km, on fairly good roads. The guide asked us if we wanted to see the Myanmar ministry in Naypyidaw (the capital city of Myanmar. In Mandalay: Gold sheet manufacturing, Mandalay Palace, Mandalay hill and the world’s largest book ‘The pages stands upright, set in stone, in the grounds of the Kuthodaw pagoda It has 730 leaves and 1460 pages; each page is 107 centimetres (3.51 ft) wide, 153 centimetres (5.02 ft) tall and 13 centimetres (5.1 in) thick- - the world’s longest teak bridge U Pein Bridge situated over the Taung Tha Man Lake in Amarapura Township. I) - Mandalay to Bagan (The guide told us it was 300 km but they decided to take a shortcut which saved us 100 km but on bad roads. We were told that this road was not passable during the rain season, which I could understand) - Bagan to Monywa (Bagan: over 10,000 Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries were constructed in the Bagan plains alone, of which the remains of over 2200 temples and pagodas still survive to the present day.’http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baga) - Monywa to Kale (8 hours on bad roads) - Kale to the border of India.
The best (of the tour): ??
The worst: ??
Publication: ??
Earlier
Motorcycle-Tour experiences: ??
Info: They say that they are possibly the first in 2014 to cross Myanmar bye motorcycle in a gruot from Thailand to India.
30.04.2015 First information about this tour by Josef Lackhove.
30.04.2015 First summary.start by Bernd Tesch
30.04.2015 First request to Petra and Lars by email.
25.01.2015 Second request by email
Johan Olij in 2012.
Fotos Johan (C). Layout B.T.
01.09.2013 - ??.??.20??
Johan Olij (Dutch, born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa on 26.08.1959)
- Around-The-World. Johan plans to circle solo the world with a new YAMHA XT 600 Z named ,,Frankly".,
Purpose of my tour: I have worked 36 years. Many years as an international truck-driver. Sometines years 60 hours a week ,,, time for a long long tour :-)
Route: Europa (Netherlands) - the bike will be shipped to North America (Canada - by bike USA - Canada - Alaska - USA - Mexico) - by ship To South America (....) - by ship / plane to Australia en
The worst : dont know.
18.02.2013 First info
20.02.2013 Second request for update.
20.02.2013 First short summary
16.03.2013 Change of the plan: the reason is a little change in the plan in the end of september i stil go for 6 months to canada and
the states , but i will come back to holland in april , and then a friend from norway ( 57 years old )
will come to holland ( with a KTM 1190 adventure R ) and then we will travel to europe , afrika ( west down
to port elizabeth and up to Egypt ) middel east , pakistan , india , indonesia , australia , hop over to
south amerika , cuba , mexico , the states ,canada,alaska, hop over to russia enz :-). Iits better to go with two same bikes.
 
Guillaume Cardinal and his future-wife Laure Cardinal in 2012 in ??. (C). Get married 11.05.2013
01.07.2013 - 31.08.2014
Laure Cardinal (French, born ??.??.19??) and Guillaume Cardinal (French, born ??.?.19??)
- Plan Around-The-World. Guillaume Cardinal and his wife Laure Cardinal plan -after their marriage- in a honeymoon-time of 14 months to circle the world on one HONDA AFRICA TWIN RD07 (1995).
Purpose of your travel: Have a nice honeymoon, have a big trip together before having children, travel with the minimum stuff to get rid of bad habits of our consumer society, meet people.
Planned Route: Europe (France (Paris) - France - Italy - Slovenia - Croatia - Montenegro - Albania - Greece - Turkey (Istambul)- Asia (Iran - Pakistan - India - Nepal- by plane ??? to Thailand - Cambodia - Vietnam - Laos - Thailand - Malaysia - Indonesia. If we have time we’ll fly to Australia. If not we’ll fly directly to South-America (Chile (Santiago) - as south as possible - then go north again to Iguazu - Bolivia - Peru). We’ll probably finally fly from Peru (Lima) to Europe (Portugal (Porto) - ride back to France (Paris).
Highlights: to be lived to be known!
The worst: ??
Book or publication: ??
Useful information and TIPS for others: ??
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: Morocco in summer 2009, western sahara in winter 2009-2010, Norway in summer 2011.
04.02.2013 1st contact
04.02.2013 Two long Emails and 1st request for update.
07.02.2013 Next answer from Guillaume
07.02.2014 Next request for update.
11.02.2014 Next update.
03.09.2014 Next request for update.
18.12.2014 Next request for update
2013. Maximilian Kratz. Foto aus internet von seiner website.
28.08.2013 - plus estimated 400 days.
Maximilian Kratz (German, born 13.07.1991) http://mxrtw.tumblr.com/
- Plan Around-The-World. Max plans to circle the world solo and to be possibly the youngest man having circled the world.
Purpose of your tour: I want to see life, find a profession and understand supply and demand.
Route: Europe 5.000 km (Germany - Switzerland - Italy - Slovenia - Croatia - Hungary - Romania - Bulgaria - Turkey) - Asia 20.000 km (Iran - Pakistan - India - Nepal - flying to Malaysia - Thailand - maybe heading into China) - North-America 20.000 km (USA) - Home.
The best: Sleeping in beautiful landscapes, meeting people and sharing food
The worst: Homesickness
Important useful information for others: Take your time and ease into the road.
Book or publication (about your tour): http://mxrtw.tumblr.com/
Earlier motorcycle-travel-experiences: Short rides to Swiss, Austria, Italy, Netherlands and German Northsea, Enduromania and Romania tour.
Organisation:
2010 Max wrote me that he wants to circle the world after his Abitur in Germany 15.10.2011 -+ 2 years. And to be possibly the youngest man having ridden solo Around-The-World.
11.07.2011 30. September ist der Starttermin und das Ziel ist eine Weltumrundung in 2 Jahren über Indien, China und die USA. Die Route wird Schweiz/Österreich, Italien, Türkei, Iran, Pakistan, Indien, wieder Pakistan, China, USA, Europa und nach Hause sein.
Dazu habe ich eine Frage, in deinem Archiv konnte ich leider nichts genaues finden: Am Mittwoch, den 13. Juli, werde ich 20 Jahre alt. Wenn ich es schaffe, die Welt in 2 Jahren einmal zu umrunden, bin ich dann der jüngste, bekannte Motorradweltumrunder? Ich weiß nur von Claudia Metz, die mit 20 Jahren losgefahren ist, jedoch meine ich die Welt auf ihrer langen Fahrt nicht in unter 2 Jahren umrundet.
12.07.2011 Maximilian geantwortet. Habe ihm meine Moto-Pack geschickt.
15.09.2011 Er versprach mir eine Übersicht plus Foto vor der Abfahrt. Erneute Anfrage.
16.09.2011 Erneute Bitte um Block
08.09.2013 Max schreibt, dass er seit 28.08.2013 unterwegs ist.
09.09.2013 Erneuter letzter Versuch einen Übesicht seines Plans zu bekommen.
13.09.2013 1st overview.
13.09.2013 Next request for three (not more) best fotos with the bile "on route".
25.03.2019: Will email abmelden
01.09.2013 - no arrival date so far
Ivana Colakovska (Macedonia (Skopje), born 25.09.1986)
and Manu Torres (Spain (Sevilla) born 23.04.1982) www.aroundgaia.com
- Plan Around-The-World. In september 2013 Ivana and Manu want to start as a first Spanish-Macedonian couple Around-The-World with one Yamaha XT 660Z.
Info: Gaia oder Ge (griechisch Γαῖα oder Γῆ, dorisch Γᾶ), deutsch auch Gäa, ist in der griechischen Mythologie die personifizierte Erde und eine der ersten Götter.
Purpose: Meeting different people and landscapes. Fighting against discrimination and mistrust, people usually have because of the unknown.
Route: macedonia - greece - turkey - iran - pakistan - india - nepal - thailand - laos - camboya - malasia - indonesia - australia - chile - argentina - bolivia - peru - ecuador - colombia - panama - costa rica - nicaragua - honduras - guatemala - mexico - usa - canada - alaska - spain
Highlights: To have lived to be known!
The worst: To be everything perfect
Book or publication: blog in www.aroundgaia.com - in the future documentary and book.
Useful information and TIPS for others: To be brave only for to take decision to start to make what they really feel. Later everything will go on.
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: We do not have much ideas about bikes. It is true that we already did some trips in India. Morocco, and from Spain (Sevilla) to Macedonia (Skopje). But the real passion that move us is this trip.
We started travelling some years ago. Basicly our routine is to work in summer time on a greek island, selling the handicrafts we made ourselves to tourists.
We like to show the people we left behind in our western socities how it is possible to live another way of life. And we want to show that the situation is not that bad. Also to present how this world is full of nice people and landscapes. So two years ago we decided the perfect way to travel is to ride RTW by motorbike, because this way we can get closer to that reality.
06.05.2013 Request by the couple via facebook without complete names of both.
06.05.2013 First summary
06.05.2013 Second request for update. And the two best fotos of both with the bike.
B.T. As far as I know no Macedonian woman has circled the world by mc. And no couple from Macedonia and Spain.
06.05.2013 Firts request by the couple via facebook without complete names.
06.05.2013 First summary
06.05.2013 Second request for update. And send the two best fotos of both of you with the bike for this blog.
B.T. As far as I know no Macedonian woman has circled the world by mc. And
no couple from Macedonia and Spain.
 
Norbert Berentz in 2012. Norbert Behrentz with Jozef Fajta nach erfolgreicher Reparatur in Likavka (Slowakia) in 2012 with MZ.
Ri:
201? "moto-Workuta" gesehen in ?? von Norbert Berentz.
 
Norbert Berentz in 2010. Re: Norbert Berentz nach 4 Monaten Aufenthalt im Congo (ex-Zaire) nach viermal Malaria. Und jede Menge Zahnausfall wegen der Ernährung.
?? 01.11.2013 - (?) im Prinzip nur noch auf Reisen
Norbert Berentz (German, birthday 02.05.1947) no homepage facebook
- Norbert plans to circle somehow the world with a Honda XL 600 V Transalp (PD 06).
Purpose of your travel: ..in die Welt hinaus und auch zu mir selbst hinein...
Ich kann mir das leisten, weil ich wirklich frei bin (freigesetzt worden bin): Frei von Arbeitspflichten (bin jetzt Rentner), frei von Familienpflichten, frei von (Geld-) Sorgen und anderen selbstgesetzten inneren Zwängen.
Selbst die Reise ist kein Zwang, kein Muß - ich muß niemandem und auch nicht mir selbst etwas beweisen (deshalb auch kein Buch). Ich mache das nur, weil mir Reisen bisher am meisten Freude bereitet hat; wenn ich etwas besseres finde in der Welt, so bin ich offen und flexibel, denn "Pläne" sind dazu da, geändert zu werden (unfreiwillig oder auch freiwillig), denke ich.
Geplante Route: Die grobe "Planung" ist: Zunächst Afrika und Nahost, dann Asien (insbes. Kaukasus, Zentralasien, China-Mongolei), Rossija (1 Jahr Baikal und 1/2 Jahr Kamtschatka), danach Amerika (von Alaska bis Kap Horn) und dann wieder zurück nach Eurasien; vielleicht auch noch Inselhopping Karibik (Kuba!), Indonesien, Australien und Ozeanien.
Danach reichts aber auch; ich bin dann 75 (wenn nicht verunfallt und halb-/ tot), kriege das Bein kaum noch über die Sitzbank und werde mich in Indien niederlassen (ggf. auch im Rollstuhl); mache dann aber hoffentlich noch Naherholungsausflüge mit einer Royal Enfield quer durch den indischen 'Subkontinent'.
Gereiste Route: Europa (D - ??) - Africa (Morocco with West-Sahara (Febr.-Maerz ) - Mauretania (April in hot season) - Mali (April-Mai in hot season. One week "Schutzhaft" in Gao because of MLNA-activities on the last 120 km to Niger) - Burkina-Faso (Mai-Juni) - Benin (Juni) - Nigeria (Juni) - Cameroun (Juli-August) - Congo-Brazzaville (Sept.-Okt.) -
Plans afetr 10.2014:
Congo Kinshasa - Angola (November) - Namibia (Dezember) - South Africa (Januar) - und dann geht's im Osten wieder nach Norden, inkl. Madagaskar, Kilimandscharo, Djibuti, Jemen ... InchAllah !! Danach soll kommen der Kaukasus, Zentralasien, China, M
Highlights: ?? wird es geben
The worst: ?? leider auch
Book or publication (about your tour): muß nicht sein.......
Useful / important informations and TIPS for others: .... just go and see …und nimm dir genug Zeit mit auf die Reise …
Earlier Experiences of big Motorcycle-Tours: 2002-2005: von Berlin durch Sibirien nach Kamtschatka, China (2x) bis Singapur, danach über Tibet, Nepal 1 Jahr Indien. Meine BMW R 80 GS müsste noch dort stehen, weil Weiterfahrt nach Pakistan wegen abgelaufenem Carnet de Passage nicht möglich war (sog. Carnet-Falle!).
03.-05.05.2013 3 times on TTT 1999-2013. First information by Norbert Berentz about his planned tour.
27.05.2013 Second request for Update
28.05.2013 Last Update
29.10.2014 Last Update by Norbert
04.03.2015 Email aus dem Congo. 4 Monate Aufenthalt wegen mehrerer fehlgeschlagener Reparaturen des HONDA-Motors. Jetzt kommt ein neue Motor rein. Mehrer Zähne verloren. Viermal Malaria seit Kamerun.
04.03.2015 B.T. Update und Antwort.
30.10.2015: Zansibar: ch gruesse dich aus Zanzibar; werde gleich meine Inselrundfahrt starten.Bisher hat mich noch keiner nach dem Carnet gefragt - und ich frage halt auch nicht nach dem Zoll; mein Visastempel im Pass ist voellig ausreichend. Nach Kilimandscharo, Serengeti Ende November geht's dann wohl weiter ueber Kenia, Aethiopien, Djibuti, Jemen, Oman nach Iran und Europa.Vielleicht bin ich am 22.4. dann in Malmedy - doch die Zeit draengt: Es warten die Wolga-Tour, Kasachstan und Zentralasien, China, Mongolia und der BaikBis dann mal wieder,al-See auf mich, denn ich muss dort noch vor Wintereinbruch eintreffen. Ueberwintert wird dann am Baikal !! Norbert Berentz (Honda Transalp).
01.02.2016 Martin Steiner-Zülch hat 2009/2010 in Äthiopien/Adis Abeba gewohnt. Er gab Norbert jetzt diese Infos:
Als wir in Addis gewohnt haben, war ein Schweizer Weltumrunder mit Honda Africa Twin bei uns zu Gast, der dann weiter die Route Äthiopien-Sudan-Fähre (WadiHalfa-Assuan)-Ägypten gefahren ist. Vielleicht kontaktierst Du ihn mal, wie er das mit den Formalitäten damals geschafft hat. Wenn ich mich an seine Berichte erinnere, war es nicht einfach, aber irgendwie hat er es hinbekommen... Seine website mit Kontaktdaten ist http://www.claudioangelini.ch/
In Addis selber ist ein sehr guter Anlaufpunkt Wim's Holland House ganz in der Nähe des alten Bahnhofs. Dort trifft man am ehesten andere Biker zwecks Info-Austausch. Auch die Betreiber selber haben gute Tipps.
Und als ich da war, gab es den "ersten Motorradclub Äthiopiens" - gegründet von einer Truppe lustiger Moto-begeisterter Italiener. Bei denen könntest Du Dich auch mal melden, die könnten auch was wissen. Der Club heißt "Gelada Riders"; allerdings sehe ich gerade, dass deren website mittlerweile offline ist. Evtl. existiert der Club also nicht mehr. Aber einer von den Jungs organisiert auch kommerziell Motorradreisen - er heißt Flavio, hier ist seine Website: http://www.africaridingadventures.com/index.html Der ist nett und hilfsbereit und hat evtl. auch Tipps.
Bernds Tipp mit den Cargo-Flugzeugen ist auch gut. Mit einem solchen kam damals unser Auto von Deutschland nach Äthiopien. Bei den horrenden Preisen auf dem Gebrauchtmarkt war es seinerzeit günstiger, ein Auto einzufliegen als vor Ort eins zu kaufen... Falls Du Dich für diese Variante entscheidest, wünsche ich Dir auf jeden Fall ein starkes Nervenkostüm für die Formalitäten... ;-)
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Hartmut Heldt in Nambia. Fish River Canyon. 2011.
Moderne junge Frau. Moderner Helm mit Video-Kamera. Alte Ural-Motorräder.
Thomas Kintzinger in 2015 in Iran. Repairing his motorcycle in the wilderness..
2016. Thomas Kintzinger in Peru.
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