During the last few years, there have been murmurs of endless barreling lefthanders somewhere in Angola. Two weeks […]
Shelter in the Congo
I took a wrong turn getting back to the main road in Gabon and ended up riding in […]
Help Appears in Cameroon
I crossed the border into Cameroon at dark after 11 hours ride from Abuja and collapsed in an […]
Spending It All in Abuja
As I sat at the Nigerian police station I wondered how in the world I’d managed to land […]
Straight Up Togo
Arrival in Lome, Togo landed me back into a maelstrom of motorbikes on the road.
The Gold Coast of Ghana
After I’d finished sliding around in the mud near the Ghana border, I looked up to see oddly […]
Holding Steady on the Ivory Coast
One of the great sources of trepidation I’d had since setting off on this trip now loomed 200 […]
Going Left in Liberia
After more than a month, I finally managed to extricate myself from the Freetown peninsula. The welcoming nature […]
Guinea Two Times
Riding across the Guineas served up a bit more than I had anticipated.
Myth of the Lonely Wanderer
When people ask me the standard round of questions of where I’ve been and where I’m going and […]
The Call of Senegal
If I laid on my back and turned my foot just so, I could get enough light from […]
No Man’s Land
The stretch of terrain designated as ‘no man’s land’ began to seem a bit more ominous as shadows […]
Familiar Waters
The last time I stood staring at the waves spilling over reefs below me was in December of […]
Ride the Kasbah
The temperature climbed steadily as we motored downward into the town of Ouarzazate, which serves as a gateway […]
Atlas Red
My newly acquired riding partner, Jonathan, was talking to a stately looking man that had flagged us down […]
The Casablanca Company
The first rule of riding in Africa is that you don’t ride at night. Dead animals on the […]
Dyna Rae All Dressed Up
In 4 days I fly to London, collect my motorbike, and point her south towards Africa. During the […]
Circle the West
Good friends I’d grown up with had all finally gotten dual sport bikes and everyone was going to […]
Taming Tubby Thumpers
My baja excursion helped me learn how little I knew about how to ride a motorcycle in the […]
Riding the Ridgetops
Looking down on the Big Sur Coast.
Baja Motosurf
Halfway down the baja peninsula hunting righthand pointbreaks