Los Suenous / The Dream of setting off on a motorcycle adventure of some kind had been in the back of our minds for a number of years, although none of us had ever expected it to eventuate into something this large! A 7-9 month expedition across our great southern land, across the pacific and around what is still considered by many to be one of the most exciting continents to explore – South America.
The initial idea of a motorcycle adventure involved travelling from South Africa to Kenya, East Africa in a group with Matteo’s cousin who wanted to buy a BMW 1250GS in South Africa and ride up them back up the coast to Kenya. This trip would have taken a month or so, and we soon realised that would of cost too much to justify only a month of travel. Why couldn’t we just keep going to London? For some novice bikers, a trans African bike ride seemed to be like jumping straight into the deep end without knowing how to swim. We did do a lot of research into this trip but the high costs and the risk involved was enough of a deterrent for us to rethink our destination. Perhaps another day Africa!
Our minds where then set on South America, and before we knew it we were handing over our cheques to pick up our new 2008 Kawasaki KLR650’s. Since buying the bikes in January we have been spending nearly every weekend getting the gear organised for our departure from Perth on September 21st 2008. The whole process of organising such an in depth journey has been one of the most exciting things that we have undertaken since finishing our Masters in Architecture at the end of last year. Our excitement was building along with our levels of anxiousness as each new delivery in the mail meant that we were one step closer to heading east across the Nullarbor towards Sydney.
The initial idea of a motorcycle adventure involved travelling from South Africa to Kenya, East Africa in a group with Matteo’s cousin who wanted to buy a BMW 1250GS in South Africa and ride up them back up the coast to Kenya. This trip would have taken a month or so, and we soon realised that would of cost too much to justify only a month of travel. Why couldn’t we just keep going to London? For some novice bikers, a trans African bike ride seemed to be like jumping straight into the deep end without knowing how to swim. We did do a lot of research into this trip but the high costs and the risk involved was enough of a deterrent for us to rethink our destination. Perhaps another day Africa!
Our minds where then set on South America, and before we knew it we were handing over our cheques to pick up our new 2008 Kawasaki KLR650’s. Since buying the bikes in January we have been spending nearly every weekend getting the gear organised for our departure from Perth on September 21st 2008. The whole process of organising such an in depth journey has been one of the most exciting things that we have undertaken since finishing our Masters in Architecture at the end of last year. Our excitement was building along with our levels of anxiousness as each new delivery in the mail meant that we were one step closer to heading east across the Nullarbor towards Sydney.
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