Now in Abu Simbel which is not an ugly
town. Reasonably maintained but they are on the shore of huge Lake
Nasser so have plenty water.
Went to see the Ramses temples that were
saved from the lake before filling.
Tomorrow the masterpiece and thats
leaving Egypt with a load of bureaucracy for nothing , just employment
creation. Most unpleasant to say the least but I will never
forget this.
To day I flew to Abu Simbel over 290 km
with a strong wind in the back and it felt like riding in a vacuum at times at
120 km/hr. Total time 3 hrs but 25 % more fuel consumption. All the way a fantastic road but still you must be vigilant on holes and other iregularities otherwise you can really fly.
Here at the Tuya hotel I met an Irishman
who I knew of already in Cairo that he was also on the way but did not see him
there . He also goes to SA but must be home again in April so he
has a set target.
Tomorrow I sleep across the border , I
hope, in Wadi Halfa and set of on Sunday for a 400 km stretch to Dongola. This is the first town with "Hotels" . The Irishman camps so will go into the desert to sleep.
I stopped camping this year for obvious reasons that I , already. explained earlier.
Its
said it is a good road. Only few years old and no rains here.
Now Thursdayevening 18th Jan I prepare to
go to Abu Simble tomorrow morning.
But first what transpired since Luxor.
The owner of the Memnon hotel in Luxor,
mr Sayed had warned me against the police escort and advised to go early to
avoid them. Also , in case I would be stopped and questioned just to say that I
go to the Christian Church.Do not know
why but I did all this and it worked.Was , in fact, hardly asked
anything at the many roadblocks and flew through.
Mr. Sayed was really a nice man and very
helpfull.I had the problem that in
Sonag at the Nile boat they charged my visa card but later said it did not work
so I paid 50 dollars to the boss.No
invoice nor receipt. Stupid of me cause the following day in Luxor I check the
Visa account and it was debited so double pay.I say this to mr. Sayed who got very angry and said he would get my
money back.He phoned the culprits and
did as if he was a policeman.In no time
they were prepared to return the money but did not know how.In the meantime Sayed also informed the
tourist police who also phoned them and put pressure on.At the end they send the money to Sayed who
will keep it for me till a next time and I am happy we taught them a lesson.
So now in Aswan.When I arrived here I went to my booked
Nubian Holiday house who indicated to have parking.It was way out of Aswan and had no parking .
It also looked a bit very local to my liking so I said that they had cheated me
to pretend to have parking.I said they
should not try to take cancellation fees. Wonder only what I could do in case they
would do but so far no debits.
In the meantime I was in touch over the phone
with Kamal Muawad who is a fixer to get me over the border.For him this holiday house was also to far
from Aswan to see me.Hence I took off
again and after another hour over all the motabs I arrived in Aswan and phoned
Kamal for a hotel.I stopped a taxi
driver to use as Tom Tom.Kamal told
him where to go over my phone and off we went.This way I crossed Aswan completely to 4 hotels that also had no
parking.Than I made it clear my way and
they understood.Thats why I am now in
the Basma hotel with a separate parking next to the front door for my HD.
I took an extra day in Aswan to go to the
Traffic court to get a Certifcate of no fines in Egypt .Without this one is sent back from the border
to get it .Another 2 to 3 days delay.
So this morning I went with him and upon
arrival we jumped all the cues and headed straight for the ones who issue the
certificate.But soon it became clear
that something was wrong with my Egyptian bike license.We went from office to offce and finally it
became clear that I had a taxi license .Sorry but in Cairo they gave me that and I cannot even read it. All-in Arabic.They told me to get back to Cairo.
Of course my adrenalin level went way
high bit I kept quiet.Kamal did all the
talking etc.At the final end after
visiting 6 offices ate least 4 times each I paid 550 LE = 26 euros and all was
done.Yes, with receipt.Was not such a nice start of this beautiful Sunny
day.
Kamalbrought me back to the hotel and said we will meet in Abu Simbel on
Saturday morning at 06.30 hrs to go to the ferry and cross Lake Nasser to go to
the border.
He also guides 36 cyclists from all sort
of nationalities through the border.Actually
they are peddaling to Abu to cross to Sudan possibly also on their way to South
Africa.
The hotel is an old bit British rundown
place but the food is good and the beer is excellent so what the heck for the
rest.
I checked the tiewraps underneath the
bike and they are still fine.Bit looser
but I pushed them a bit tighter again.
Checked the clutch cable beacause its a
new one and it might loosen up a bit and need adjustment for the freeplay but
the recommended gap is not too large so
I leave it for the moment.If it becomes
too loose the gearshifting will tell also by becoming more difficult and
noisy.Clunk, clunk, etc.
Tomorrow I want to go early to avoid the
heat after 12 noon and to have the time to see Ramses that was saved by a Dutch
consortium from Lake Nasser and put higher up the lake shore. Otherwise it
would have gone under water.
Also I want to see where the ferry leaves
and what state the ferry is in.Do I
need swimsuit or not as underwear.No
worry mate, the moment you hit the water
you become croc finger food.
Ok, fine for now and may be tomorrow
more.
In Sudan you might consider me on
Holidays cause there will not be much Internet/ Wifi available.
May be we have to wait till !st Feb when
I intend to hit Gonder in Northern Ethiopia.I was there in 2015 and had a hotel with wifi and cold beer , the
Essentials.
Till than I will keep record of all my
mistakes and other people s.
Did not reach Luxor on Sunday because the escort did not take the desert road. No instead, again this horrible Nile Corniche with hundreds of speedhumps in many sizes and, of course, the usual crowds of people, donkeys, busses etc. Again a treat but by 14.00 hrs I was kaputt and after only 250 km. So I told the police to find a hotel in Suhag. We searched for an hour but no hotel anymore in Suhag. Finally they found a river nile boat that serves as a hotel. Quite run down but I only need a bed and food that does not give me the TommyPalaver. The room was correct for me and the food was again a chicken, When well fried the best meat option. I could not read the menucard in Arabic so didn't bother about something else.
That Sunday I will remember forever since the unexpected but most feared thing happened and that's a problem on the bike. On leaving El Minya we took fuel and also the spare tanks ( 5 and 3 ltr ) and all was ok until we took off. Suddenly my right foot went down with the footrest. On an HD the footrest is not just a thick pin but a proper floorplank of 30 cm long. The rear end went down and I could not see what was broken. To continue I had to hold my rightfoot with the heel on the exhaust because you cannot ride and let your leg hang in the air. I waited till the first stop and than checked. The foortrest is attached on the rear end to a plate that is welded on the lower frame tube and the front is bolted to the engine guard.
Now, that rear endplate welding was broken of the frame. This plate also has the rearbrake assembly attached to it so I could not really use the rearbrake. To note is that I only use the rearbrake in emergencies when front is not enough and in bents to get the bike better through the bent. It curves better with some rearbrake action.
Now I had to be damned carefull cause a crossing child should not be hit so reduce the pace. I drove the whole day like that and was not happy. A real mentally off day.
Some people tell me to get it welded which I will , certainly not, do before the Harley Shop in Johannesburg since welding on a bike frame is too delicate. If too much heat is applied or the wrong rod used the frame can burn and be weakend resulting in a total collapes of the bike. Finished palaver. Also the electrics break down if not properly handled and protected from the high currents during welding.
I looked what I could do that might hold it. I found a small original hole in that rear plate and was able to push two tiewraps through and around the frametube. Hence the whole thing hangs again in its place held at the front by the original bolt and the rear by the 2 tiewraps, They are strong since even the maffia uses them to tiedown people for god knows what. I can put my foot on the footrest but do not dare to push to hard not knowing the real strength of the tiewraps. Time will tell.
I slept well on the boat and left the next day, Monday 15th. Thanks for that since it's Heineken pension payment day.
Again the escort was on the door to take me. I insisted to take the desert road and they took me there. Fantastic riding through the desert on an almost perfect huge highway with very little traffic. Hoped it would last. It did for 200 km till Qena and than they took again that shitroad along the Nile. Since they guide me I often do not know where we are or what could be an alternative. I knew that from Qena it is just a short stretch to Luxor straight over the bridge. No they took me again 70 km around for almost 2 hours with hundreds of speedhumps again. One time the hump was too high and I got stuck and fell with my entire rig on the right hand side. Fortunately that heavy bike has a good engine guard that can hold your leg underneath so it does not get crushed, I have had this only 2 times before in my Harley career and that goes back a good 35 years. The police got me up since I cannot lift the bike on my own. In fact I took it , finally, out on them and told them what I felt.
Although they could not understand it they got note of my state of mind. After that they had troubles to find the hotel. Took an hour and 3 phone calls to the hotel owner and than a taxi driver got us to the place. In that running around through Luxor I saw the whole town and the historic sites.
Enough for me to live on. I will not visit these rundown monuments and get harrassed by traders and money seekers. I will take a day off on Tuesday 16th and work on the blog , bike and myself.
The hotel is the New Memnon Hotel and the owner, mr Sayed , is a very friendly man who goes out of his way to please his customers.
The hotel is a local hotel and not an, always similar, group hotel. Its correct, clean, cool, good local food, perfect B/fast, he had cool beer delivered for 2 days, super nice roof terras, no pool that I do not use anyway, safe parking for the bike and at no cost. He charges 25 euros for a day with B/fast. He also waived the cost for the day that I was late which I can only appreciate. Srongly recoomended and can be booked through Booking.com or Tripadvisor. He also got me a stock of new spare tiewraps when I gave him the story of the B/down.
The rest of the day I rest, eat, siësta, drink a beer, look at the surroundings ( Vally of the Queens ) from the 360 degrees roof terras.
Tomorrow I will try to avoid the police but that might be difficult. They are everywhere. Mr Sayed told me to take it hard on them and than they will do what I want and that's only to ride the Luxor - Aswan desert road straight to Aswan for 225 km. Only 3 hours, I hope.
I have booked a Nubian Holiday Lodge on the Nile next to the Nubian tombs. The bike might wake them up and haunt me in the night. Look forward to it.
Police, secretservice ( in long black coats), military all over the place so keep your cameras locked up.
Yesterday I went to the pyramides but was
not allowed into the parc because, no bikes allowed. Seen then before but wanted a picture with the Harley.
Hence I went to the Harley shop to by a
local Tshirt with pyramides image on it. Only 1 my size and no sleeves.
I had a taxi driver who I followed so
not to loose the way. Traffic is peculiar to say the least but
I got through. Fear is the worst you can have here. Do like them.
This morning I took off at 08 AM to El
Mynia where I arrived at 13.00 hrs after 350 km.
Of course with many new experiences like
driving on the Nile Corniche. It was hell because of all the people
going to market and the traffic in between.
The engine was near to overheating due to no speed and so no cooling.
Hence I turned off to the Western Desert
road against all advises. It was a treat . Nice large road
and one can fly. Hardly any traffic.
After 100 km stopped at a roadblock and
was put aside. Needed passport.
After 10 minutes they told me that I
would get an escort to El MInya. And truely, one pick up in front of me
and one behind and there we went. I felt like the president himself. They were super friendly and know all important Dutchmen, i.e. Van Basten, Cruyf, Gullit and that' s it.
They say that tomorrow they will escort
me again to Luxor and we start at 08 AM. Curious if they will.
If somewhere someone invented the speedhump it must have been Egypt or did they inherit these also from the British ?
You find them in amazing high frequency and in all sort of shapes, sizes and disrepair. To day I cursed properly because I grounded twice praying and hoping the bike would survive. The lower frame tubes receive the beating and I din't dare to check them yet.
Worst is that they are real donkeys , grey as the tar of the road so you do not see them. At a speed of 100 km that's a challenge and almost a launch from the saddle.
I get more and more cautious for these.
El Minya is known for some troubles so I was warned from many angles . Of course my escort prevented any problem. They even pushed through the traffic with sirenes on till at the hotel.
The hotel is in a backstreet and has got no facilities like resto or bar. This is sometimes an advantage, like now that I must sleep well to take the same beating tomorrow over 500 km to Luxor. Hope to reach it before dark ( at 17.30 )
I want to take the Great Eastern Desert road on the other ( east ) side of the Nile but do not know if the Hermandad will agree. I have my passport so in case they are not there at 8 AM I take off alone.
I will try to make a picture with the escort which they generally fancy and I avoid a detention.
I arrived on Sundaymorning 7th Jan. at 02.30 AM and went straight for the hotel. The rest of the day was for resting.
All the fun started on Mondaymorning around the corner of the hotel at Cargo Village.
I wrote this all down in the afternoon but lost the contents when ,during uploading, there was weak wifi.
Now I just copy what I wrote to the shiipper of the bike.
The bike is out now after 3,5 days.
Incredible what bureacracy must be done
while no one really knows the ever changing rules.
Bikes through the airport is max 7 per
year so they do not have the hang of it.
I cannot make a list of what the sequence
is since it was all done for me but I have ended up with a pile of papers
mostly in Arabic and with at least a hundred signatures and stamps.
We even had to go into downtown yesterday
to validate the Carnet by the Egyptian Automobile club before customs was
prepared to fill it in.
There is no one who knows the entire
process. Sure CFS does not even know but there are guys in the different
deparrtments that can be used and thats what we did, or my brewery man did .
He works already 25 years at the airport for all brewery imports and knows
everybody. That helps but upon asking he does not know who can do the
entire process.
I have not seen the other biker but they
told me he is struggling to go through.
I will make a trip to the pyramids to
morrow and the Harley shop and Saturday I go on my way to El Minya at 300
kms along the Nile.
By the way they roughly handled the bike
at decrating at carcustoms and parked it , not on the sidestand, but against a
concrete pole and thereby denting the fueltank. Fortunately no hole in it.
So far for the nervewrecking clearance process. I really have to get back to my senses and I hope that happens quick.
The things I left in the bike panniers and topbox suffered also since all I put in when I delivered the bike was wet due to the heavy rains between Dover and London. The boots and gloves are green . Rest of tools , raingear, fueltanks, are ok.
Fortunately he started immediately. I , of course, worried he would not but I have a new battery, new starter relay and all elctrical systems checked.
I did not take any photos since we were in restricted areas. Did not want to loose my camera or go into detention for a day .
Tomorrow I will make pictures at the pyramids , I hope , and upload these.
Finally, after several years of attempts and hesitation I have decided early september to go on my motorbike trip to nowhere.
The first leg , of course, is Africa since I know that continent better than any other . Unfortunately one cannot drive to Egypt at this moment due to blockage in Syria and Lybia. One could go through Iran and Saoudi Arabia to cross at Djedda but this does not have my preference.
Also one can put the bike on a roro ship from Piraeus to Alexandria but I do not fancy riding in this wheather from Belgium to Greece. To leave in winter is essential since the desert In Egypt and Sudan is no option for me in summer.
Hence I have decided to fly with the bike to Cairo and leave from there to Capetown. The bike transport is taken care of by Motofreight at Heathrow.
I drove the bike to Heathrow on the 8th December in a horrible wheather between Dover and London. Heavy windguts , hail, rain and 250 lorries chasing me after we got off the ferry.
The process of getting the bike into Egypt is not the easiest one. In fact it's considered the most difficult entry of all .
Thsi demands for detailed preparation which , I think, I have done in the past months.
Have all the required documents, like visas for Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia. All easily available from the embassies in Brussels even the Sudan visa. In fact it was the easiest contrary to what I read in other overlander blogs. Took me 10 miniutes to leave the embassy with the visa.
Have the Carnet de Passage to avoid payments of import duties for all countries in Africa. Stamp at entrance and on exit.
Of course all other documents like motorcycle license, int drivers license, copies of all and plenty passport photographs.
I will fly on Saturday 6th Jan to Cairo and stay at a hotel at the airport for as long as the clearing process will keep me there.
The agent that I was offered to help in clearing the bike asked only 1000 euros whic I think is a bit stiff since all clearing charges seem to be around 200.
The people at the Al Ahram brewery at Cairo who I know quite well offered me to assist since they have logistic people at the airport for clearing their goods.
Of course I am very grateful and am sure all will work out fine.
One most important matter on such trip is not to be in a hurry. It' s not work and have all the time in the world. No targets , please !
Sunday is normally a work day but not the 7th. Seems to be a Holy Day so I can try the temp of the poolwater and drink a Sakara / Heineken beer.
Will go to terminal 2 to buy a local SIM card and change some money.
These last days before departure make me restless , hoping not to forget the right stuff and leave home what I do not need. Always at the end of a trip one finds itself with things that were not needed so I want to avoid that.
My idea is to go from Egypt to Sudan, Ethiopia,Kenia, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, and from there Zimbabwe or Botswana to South Africa.
My partner Linda will join me for 2 weeks in Ethiopia and Botswana ( Okavango ).
The bike I ride is an 20 year old Harley Davidson Electra Glide. Of course I had it overhauled and renewed many essential parts to reduce the risk of breakdowns.
HD dealers in Africa are in Cairo and South Africa but nothing in between for more than 10.000 miles. On my long trips ( 15.000 km each ) to the North Kaap , Finland, Marocco I have experienced only one breakdown which was due to a service fault whereby the 2 sparkplugs were not well tightened and popped out in the desert at Ouerzazate , almost simultaniously . As everywhere in Africa it did not take 5 minutes before someone came out of the woodwork and asked < Vous avez un probleme, chef ? > . I showed him the problem of a SP hanging on the wire out of the cylinder . No problem , he said, I have a brother who can fix this.
Truely in notime his brother came along and fixed the plugs back with the help of a piece of metal from a gazcanister and one small plier.
He assured me this was for life and he was right . I drove another 4000 km and arrived home safely. I had to spend quite some money to fix other cylinder heads.
On my last trip this summer to the North of Finland and Moermansk I decided to skip the camping. No more sleeping in a tent and crawl on my knees in and out while my bones are getting older and become more sensitive to this kind of treatment ( or punishment).
I now go for hotels, B&B's and other decent places to sleep and eat. In Egypt the choice is endless and cetainly at this moment with very few tourists for all kind of reasons. Sudan has less hotels but one can sleep at peoples houses who rent out a room so to make a little money.
Ethiopia now also has ample hotels and lodges.
Booking. com is my friend for this, as well as Google Maps.
I will attach a picture of the bike being packed with , of course, the essential paperwork and a picture of other needed stuff to survive.
In London with my son I loaded some " power " with my most preferred drink.
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Een bezoeker kan op een bericht van u een reactie plaatsen. Een bezoeker kan dus zelf géén bericht plaatsen op uw blog zelf, wel een reactie. Het verschil is dat de reactie niet komt op de beginpagina, maar enkel bij een bericht hoort. Het is dus zo dat een reactie enkel gaat over een reactie bij een bericht. Indien u bvb. een gedicht heeft geschreven, kan een reactie van een bezoeker zijn dat deze het heel mooi vond. Of bvb. indien u plaatselijk nieuws brengt, kan een reactie van een bezoeker zijn dat deze nog iets meer over de feiten weet (bvb. exacte uur van het ongeval, het juiste locatie van het evenement,...). Of bvb. indien uw blog een dagboek is, kan men reageren op het bericht van die dag, zo kan men meeleven met u, u een vraag stellen, enz. Deze functie kan u uitschakelen via "Instellingen" indien u dit niet graag heeft.
WAT IS DE "WAARDERING"?
Een bezoeker kan een bepaald bericht een waardering geven. Dit is om aan te geven of men dit bericht goed vindt of niet. Het kan bvb. gaan over een bericht, hoe goed men dat vond. Het kan ook gaan over een ander bericht, bvb. een tip, die men wel of niet bruikbaar vond. Deze functie kan u uitschakelen via "Instellingen" indien u dit niet graag heeft.
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