Well,
here I am in Cairo and that completes the continental traverse from South to
North…
Not that
it’s any sort of big deal though… In fact I think for the most part I took
pretty much the easiest route possible. I meandered around in the South a bit,
and I did a couple of side trips here and there, and there was that rather
challenging Turkana section, but all in all, the Southern/Eastern rout through
Africa is the easy option. And I chose it because I was going alone and had no real
knowledge of what was involved and knew no one I could get the relevant
information from… And with those considerations, the trip has I think all
worked out pretty well (well so far at least) and Im pretty happy with all the
things Ive seen and done.
But, Ive
met some people while here who’ve come largely down the Western route from
Europe and I have to say I think if I k new then what I know now, that would
have been my preferred option… And who knows, one day I may get up sufficient
energy and funds to have another crack at it from that direction… But not for
quite a while I think. Im pretty tuckered out and am looking forward to a
relatively low-key life in Vancouver for a while.
But first
I have to get back there, and its not all plain sailing. After a couple of days
here in Cairo to visit the museum and such Ill head East into Saini… hopefully
to check out some Red Sea Scuba diving J Then its up into Israel and
figure out how to ship the motorbike back to Canada… that should be a bit of a
challenge J
