Background of the story:
My motorbike was parked in Namibia for a while. I had to travel differently this time.
After arriving (flight) from Brasil (Rio de Janeiro) to Brussels (with 8-hour rollerblading stop in New York), and driving for more than 1.000 km from Brussels to Slovenia in a car with Klaus, in June 2018, I got some time, to enjoy nature of this stunning, centrally located European country, called my first home. But soon, only a bit more than one month later, I had to fly on a mission to Mozambique, the country that I have discovered for the first time back in 2005 and fell in love. I was there again in 2011 and 2012 while traveling with my motorbike through Africa, from equator towards south, and fell in love again. So while in Brasil in 2018, I had met with a TV production team (company), that was producing an adventurous series for Canal Off which is part of Globo TV, biggest Brasilian TV network and they wanted to film their next episodes in Mozambique. The collaboration started between film company Outbound films from Namibia that I have partnered with, and Cinemauro TV production from Rio de Janeiro, so I flew to Mozambique in August 2018. More precisely to Nampula in the north. So while in Mozambique, we were on a mission, to film the most stunning islands called Quirimbas islands. One of them was also Ibo island, surrounded by others, like Quirimba and Matemo. We were waiting for our 56ft catamaran, called Nomad, with captain Norman Duncan, coming from Richards bay on South African coast, to Ibo island, more than 3.000 miles away, to fetch us and take us on a long trip. The cat with Norman was delaying, due to weather and maintenance issues. So while on Ibo island with whole team from Brasil (to where we have arrived with a combi from Ilha de Mozambique, where we filmed 1st episode of the series Ilhas Paradisiacas), we used our time as much as we could and also connected to local community, giving them some short jobs and also celebrating their culture and life in general. After leaving Ibo island on catamaran (Norman made it!), we filmed other islands, on our way to Palma village, most northern point of our Mozambique mission, before we sailed to Madagascar. 35 days on the boat together was a special experience (Norman, Brendan, Sylvestre, Leandro, Renata, Larissa and me). Once we have finished our mission, some of the guys flew to Phillipines, some to Brasil, Norman and Brendan sailed to Zanzibar and I stayed on Madagascar for another 2 days and then flew to Namibia. After exhausting 20-day safari in Namibia, through Botswana to Victoria falls in Zimbabwe, I took an old old train to Bulawayo in Zimbabwe, and later much better train to Francis town and Gaborone, capital of Botswana. From there I flew to South Africa, actually city of Cape Town, my first, of my second homes, to 'rest'. I returned to Namibia in April 2019 and that's when the cyclone in Mozambique happened. I realised of consequences only once I arrived to Slovenia (after Namibia), and I have heard from the news on internet that Ibo island in Mozambique was left by strongest devastation. I immediately contacted Tania Miorin, that I have met on Ibo island during my visit with Brasilian TV team through Whatsapp, and she told me, help is needed, and best we can help is with money. She sent me photos and videos every day. It was truly sad situation, people stayed without everything. I immediately connected with organisation Instituto Oikos from Milano, Italy, that Tania had worked for at the moment, and right after I decided to organise fundraising concert in my hometown Kranj, Slovenija, actually in my village. I called my good friends, famous musicians, moderators and others, to help. Through a fundraising concert, which I named Click for Mozambique, we managed to raise a decent amount of money, that helped significantly, to rebuild schools and maternity, on island Ibo and Matemo. Thank you again to everyone.
P.S. Regarding my motorbike, I drove it from Windhoek in Namibia, where it was stored at Wouter and Marlien's house for a while, to Cape Town, South Africa, I think it was in January 2019. The mission was to have it closer to where I have started to live. The ride was about 1.500 km long and is a special story.
#Windhoek to #CapeTown 2019 leg
