How often do we talk about something we dream about doing one day? How often are we stuck in daily routine, daydreaming of being somewhere else? Yeah, been there done that… Always looking forward to the next vacation, to the next little escape, longing for the unknown out there. During one of these little escapes, at a farm in Italy (a fact that is totally irrelevant to the story), we figured it is time to cut the cr*p. No more talking. No more dreaming. No more wishing. Let’s just do this! Our bucket list of places we want to go on motorcycles is endless, but it is time to tick one off: we are going to RIDE from Switzerland to South Africa!

But why South Africa? Well… While we love our normal (to society’s standards) and comfortable life in Switzerland, we feel like we still have so much to learn from the world. Working on ocean cruise ships gave both of us both a little taste of the world as well as it’s variety of cultures and a chance to visit wonderful places, but Africa remains a mystery to us. We feel that it is here, being it the apparent birthplace of human beings, that we are able to gain a better understanding of life and that cultural differences can enrich our appreciation for this planet even more.

Oh, and we simply love to ride our motorcycles all day long, and from Europe you’d have to go either East or South. While we chose the South this time, who knows where the journey takes us afterwards…