http://www.wuestenritt.de no sleep 'till Cape Town Sun, 16 May 2010 21:10:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 en http://www.wuestenritt.de/?p=534 http://www.wuestenritt.de/?p=534#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:39:31 +0000 Gideon http://www.wuestenritt.de/?p=534 0810’08 Austria (Close to Zell am See) So we had our first day of driving together and all I can say is what a perfect start. After making a quick stop at post-office this morning to send some personal stuff home we managed to finally leave dear old München. Not without a proper farewell [...]]]> http://www.wuestenritt.de/?feed=rss2&p=534 http://www.wuestenritt.de/?p=554 http://www.wuestenritt.de/?p=554#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:38:15 +0000 Gideon http://www.wuestenritt.de/?p=554 ]]> http://www.wuestenritt.de/?feed=rss2&p=554 http://www.wuestenritt.de/?p=662 http://www.wuestenritt.de/?p=662#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:34:16 +0000 Gideon http://www.wuestenritt.de/?p=662 16 Oct 2008 Arrived in Istanbul last night. (In the dark again) What an absolutely phenominal city. Driving into the city I was overwhelmed by it all. Traffic is ridiculous, especially in peak hour. I loved the chaos though. Everyone for themselves and no rules on the road really. It somehow works very well. What a [...]]]> http://www.wuestenritt.de/?feed=rss2&p=662 http://www.wuestenritt.de/?p=688 http://www.wuestenritt.de/?p=688#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:33:14 +0000 Gideon http://www.wuestenritt.de/?p=688 Didn’t write anything in the last few days. All is going well and we’re still having an awesome time. Here are some pics. Gideon ]]> http://www.wuestenritt.de/?feed=rss2&p=688 http://www.wuestenritt.de/?p=908 http://www.wuestenritt.de/?p=908#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:30:30 +0000 Gideon http://www.wuestenritt.de/?p=908 Am still in Turkey at the moment. Haven’t had time to write and also haven’t been in the mood. Sorry guys. It takes me forever to write even a short post. So we’re in Adana in the South of Turkey which is sort-of an industrial city. Not exactly fitting the profile of our so-called Africa-trip [...]]]> http://www.wuestenritt.de/?feed=rss2&p=908 http://www.wuestenritt.de/?p=1003 http://www.wuestenritt.de/?p=1003#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:26:18 +0000 Gideon http://www.wuestenritt.de/?p=1003 Although I’m normally not so much in the mood for writing after a day of riding I’m doing so now ‘cause we’ve had such a splendid afternoon. We’ve managed to finally leave Adana after being there for close to a week. We wanted to visit St Peter’s church (Supposedly the oldest church in the [...]]]> http://www.wuestenritt.de/?feed=rss2&p=1003 http://www.wuestenritt.de/?p=1147 http://www.wuestenritt.de/?p=1147#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:24:54 +0000 Gideon http://www.wuestenritt.de/?p=1147 08.11-01-06 Tarsus, Syria & Amman, Jordan When I sticked my head out of the tent this morning Mehmet (bless his soul) had already set out a table set with breakfast and tea (standard drink in Turkey being drunk always and everywhere in here) Right next to the table was a police/traffic vehichle. As a whole it [...]]]> http://www.wuestenritt.de/?feed=rss2&p=1147 http://www.wuestenritt.de/?p=1293 http://www.wuestenritt.de/?p=1293#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:23:09 +0000 Gideon http://www.wuestenritt.de/?p=1293 I’ll be short on this one. Yesterday, we woke up right next to the Dead Sea where we camped. Took a dip in it and afterwards visited the spot at the Jordan-river where Jesus also took a dip a while back, or more correctly, where he was baptised. We then followed the road along the [...]]]> http://www.wuestenritt.de/?feed=rss2&p=1293 http://www.wuestenritt.de/?p=1329 http://www.wuestenritt.de/?p=1329#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:21:19 +0000 Gideon http://www.wuestenritt.de/?p=1329 The drive on the “Desert Highway” from Petra to Aqaba where we caught the ferry to Egypt was awesome and a pleasure to drive. Going through passport-control and getting tickets for us and the bikes, basically going through the process of leaving Jordan, was stressful and frustrating. The guys there were most incompetent to put [...]]]> http://www.wuestenritt.de/?feed=rss2&p=1329 http://www.wuestenritt.de/?p=1523 http://www.wuestenritt.de/?p=1523#comments Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:18:33 +0000 Gideon http://www.wuestenritt.de/?p=1523 Originally we didn’t really plan to spent much time in Nuweiba. We changed our minds quickly though, after we arrived at Yasser’s place . It was simply too special a place not to stay for a few days. As a whole, Jordan was tiring and we convinced ourselves that we deserved the break. The last [...]]]> http://www.wuestenritt.de/?feed=rss2&p=1523