Things are starting to brighten up, I may have seen the light!

Soundtrack: Frank Zappa – Catholic Girls, Crew Slut and many more…

- I can almost taste the local beer in Cape Town by now.
I’ll give you a little status on how things are going for my British friend Ian and me. With our life’s on stakes we do the daily routine of going to and from embassies to get visa for Cameroon (85 Euros), Congo (64 Euros) and finally Angola visa which is (20 USD) and issued same day. Finally the DRC visa is our hands tomorrow for 20.000 Naira (100 Euros). When thinking of it is totally crazy paying so much for a dodgy country as the Democratic Republic of Congo where the army is randomly killing civilian’s, and the next civil war is waiting over the next hillside. I guess we better gun it through in a day or two…
Yes Abuja in Nigeria is bloody expensive, not ony about visas, also the hotel Savannah Suites we are staying at cost us sky high rates at 16.200 Naira (80 Euros per day).
Today we picked up the Angolan visa, which were issued same day as we applied. We had the great fun to stumble into the two Christian’s from USA again, Justice and Bas, as clean cut as you can get American people. For sure with the worst taxi negotiating skills seen abroad. What I shouldn’t have told them about was our effort to watch some Max Hardcore on the hotels Wi-Fi the other evening, but instead we got banned from the Internet connection and had to clear it out with the reception to get our account reset. The girl surely gave me a funny look when she looked up our browser history…
This evening we are trying to do something normal with the two Christian’s like going to the movies, have some dinner and beer’s.
Tomorrow we will pick up our visa’s from the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) and head straight towards south-east Nigeria. Hope they will greed us welcome and forgive our sinner’s.
If we survive the taxi ride through Abuja photo’s will arrive later this evening.
My thought’s goes to Mr. Hardcore currently serving 4 years in a Texas prison.
Just arrived home, after a nice evening with a chicken burger and probably the most shitty movie ever,  Armored. But still, what can you expect from a movie when it cost less than 5 Euros incl. soda and popcorn.  At least Ian and I enjoyed the cold beers while Bas and Justice went for a Fanta…. What can I say, not much man talk!
No bad bellies yet, crossing fingers!
We will be out of Abuja before 12 O’clock tomorrow and heading for Makurdi for the local missionary church hoping they will supply us with shelter for the night. We promise to be god boys while staying in Gods house.
meanwhile I have bad news from our South African friend Kobus from Gottoride.com - he is stranded with his BMW in Togo due to a crack in the barrel after the engine sucked in some sand. He is currently waiting to get a new piston and cylinder flown in from Switzerland and is therefor set back on his schedule. Anyone near Togo at the Toni-Togo Moto shop, drop in for some beers and keep Kobus accompanied.
I have promised Kobus to hook up with him in Cape Town, as well as with Chris Stark my old friend from Denmark, if everything goes after plan. You might never know if the VFR decides to give up as well. This continent and enviroment is probably the hardest in the world on the machinery and rider!
I got one of my Sidi Vertigo Mega Goretex boot’s repaired after the sole started to become loose. It is amazing that they have lasted for so long in these hard conditions. Jegstrup Cross Center in Denmark are currently sending me  a new set of these comfortable and protective boots to Cape Town. Because of that I am ready for next leg in South America. Great thanks to Anette and John from Jegstrup Cross Center the importer of Sidi boots in Denmark. They have been supporting 100 % during my journey and always been helpful. I owe you a great thanks.