FINAL DAY AND SUMMARY. working on it come back later. REFER TO POST ABOVE FOR UPDATE.

MUNICH DAY 320 to 324 778km.

I bid Martin good bye as he went to work and I headed to Munich ,feeling a little under the weather. It was a long day doing 778km and arriving at dusk after eight hours on the bike.

Really my last day of the trip. Found a nice Wyndham hotel for only €53 a night.

DAY  321   2nd November 2023

Caught underground train to Munich. Walked around and ended up at the Hofbrauhaus.

DAY   322

Went back to Munich and wondered around and ended up at the Hofbrauhas.

DAY  323.     BIKE TO STORAGE IN AUGSBURG. 89km

First clear blue sky day forever it seems and bloody cold. Had to ride to Augsburg to store my bike at a giys place I met in Namibia  eigjteen months ago. Met his wife and I put it in the garage and then she took me to the station and got the high speed train back to Munich and then went for the final time to Hofbrauhaus.

HOLLAND AMERSFOORT DAY 319 232km.

My chain and sprocket are totally work out and was lucky to make it to Holland, but I still had to go 224km to the BMW dealer in Amersfoort which I was fortunate to do. They had all the parts in stock thankfully and what a difference a new chain makes ! ( €565 ) 

     Farewell at Eddie's workshop.

While riding on the highway a pick up pulled alongside me and the guy and his wife waved and gave me a fist pump and went nuts, don't know why. Then I was behind him at the one and only toll and he yelled greetings at me and then he paid my toll for me. I caught up to him and thanked him with my lightsand  hand gestures , must have been a SouthAfrican or something but the generosity has been like that throughout my trip, total strangers paying for my fuel or meal , putting me up in their home. 

Stayed with Martin who happens to live in Amersfoort and who arranged the shipping of our bikes from Oman and we bumped into each other a number of times in the Middle East, so was fun to catch up over a meal.

PARIS TO HOLLAND DAY 318 367km.

Departed Paris in a slight drizzle for about an hour and then was just cold and cloudy for the rest of the way on the highway. Passed through Belgium and then was in Holland , you just see a small sign if you lucky of the country and then you see the changes in the roads and buildings. Was meant to take 3.5 hours but took me an additinal hour because of navigational problems that made me go back to France and back into Belgium in a big circle I believe. 

Finally got to Willems house where he was outside with his Dutch flag. Seemed like a long ride and was great to be with some friends again. I do the Dakar with Will and Eddie for the last four years doing about 7K km each trip which is hectic and a lot of fun.

They took me to a fancy restaurant where I got the full treatment and where many stories were shared.