A trip like this would have been bloody difficult to achieve if it wasn't for the help of friends, family and strangers along the way.

Here is a list of those people:


Brendon Morris, UK My only sponsor, Bren designed and maintained my website throughout the entire trip. Check out what he does at www.brendonmorris.com
   
   
My family, ZA believing in me and not trying to dissuade me
Horizons Unlimited's chatboard.... and all the people I met through it who helped me with advice. www.horizonsunlimited.com
   
Steve Regan, UK Allowing me so much time off work prior to leaving.
Ben, Valerie and their cat Bazil, FR accomodation in Marseilles
Aymin and Amin, Tunisia Friendliness and hospitality in Ben Guerdane, a Tunisian town near Libya
Ahmed Bahder, Egypt The meals, desert runs, friendships, help finding bike spares, sorting out Carnet's and the use of his garage for a bike service.
Arianne, Egypt Letting myself and Laura stay in her flat for a short while in Cairo
Mahmoud Idries, Egypt Helping me organise the ferry to Sudan.
Osman Kamal, Sudan A night on the floor of his shop in Wadi Halfa, Sudan
Abu Abbas and family, Sudan 2 nights of hospitality and friendship in their village of Abri, Sudan
The villagers of Sabo, Sudan Who walked beside me through the desert, in 48 deg heat, looking for some tools which I had dropped in the sand, then fed and watered me afterwards.
Thomas and Lilli, Sudan

The first overlanders I met on this trip. For all those scrumptious meals and autoelectrical help in the Sudanese desert.

Mohamed Nasir, Sudan A stranger who took the day off work to help myself and Thomas find tyres for our vehicles in Sudan.
Paul Dutson and co. Ethiopia On board their private overlander, for carrying my luggage so I could cross the Kenyan bandit belt in style while they turned black and blue from being jolted around in their Bedford.
Mauro, Alberto and Felix, Ethiopia Friendships made in the Simian mountains and continued in Addis Ababa
Janet Chambo, Tanzania Lending a total stranger 100US and trusting that I would pay it back when I could!!
Richard von Mannsberg, ZA Such an awesome welcome when I arrived in J'burg
Rob Stone, ZA The same, but in Durban
All the little people The thousands of people who met me along the road with smiles and welcomes, who just wanted to chat or just watch this crazy biker pass on through. Especially to those who met me on bad days when I was tired, dirty and cranky and were still pleased to welcome me!
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