Michael O Sullivan, 45 years Old, a software engineer and an Irish
Started an interesting journey from Ireland down to Africa on a motor bike on the 13th of February 2008.His motivation for this escapade is just to see the whole continent on a motor bike and basically to challenge himself and test himself if he could do something different.
His journey since then has taken a rather interesting one having crossed France, Spain, Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Mali ,Burkina Faso, Ghana , Benin before I met him in Nigeria.
He said the journey has been easy due to a reduced temperature and he commends that the roads were good.
On his view about Africa, he quickly opined that he was surprised at how developed Africa was being his first trip: compared to the news, images and stories that he hears and sees on the media, though some countries are poor like Mali, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, and some parts of Senegal, but morocco is developed, the infrastructure is okay, Ghana also good roads and nice people.
Having been warned not to go to Nigeria for the fear of being kidnapped, he admits now that Nigerians are nice and energetic.
He believes that the media sensationalize images because it’s a way of selling news, because when they show Africa, they show very extreme pictures , the reality is that when you are in Africa, things are really different, I am surprised at the development of technology , ‘every body has a cell phone’
In order not to shy away from the huge funds required for this escapade, I quickly asked him how he funds this trip, in his reply, he said he saved money because he doesn’t want to be funded by anybody in the fear of not being controlled.
His opined that his biggest fear is not completing this trip due to a breakdown of his motor bike and also not getting a visa to enter a country of choice which might lead to the end of the escapade. I do not want to make any arrangement to bypass a country with airplane or both, ‘.he exclaimed’
I peeped into his bike and I saw a dirty map, he says he has 3 maps that has been his guide, the internet has been useful to him also because he gets to ask questions from those that have gone through this same experience on website called www.horizonsunlimited.com. There are a lot of people traveling on bike around the world.
In a bid to end my ecstasy about his escapade, I quickly asked , when do you intend to finish this trip, he says maybe the end of this year 2008, because he has to go South Africa from Nigeria on bike then back all over again to Ireland.
So what after this escapade, I asked? And he says “When I am through, I will know”.
Started an interesting journey from Ireland down to Africa on a motor bike on the 13th of February 2008.His motivation for this escapade is just to see the whole continent on a motor bike and basically to challenge himself and test himself if he could do something different.
His journey since then has taken a rather interesting one having crossed France, Spain, Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Mali ,Burkina Faso, Ghana , Benin before I met him in Nigeria.
He said the journey has been easy due to a reduced temperature and he commends that the roads were good.
On his view about Africa, he quickly opined that he was surprised at how developed Africa was being his first trip: compared to the news, images and stories that he hears and sees on the media, though some countries are poor like Mali, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, and some parts of Senegal, but morocco is developed, the infrastructure is okay, Ghana also good roads and nice people.
Having been warned not to go to Nigeria for the fear of being kidnapped, he admits now that Nigerians are nice and energetic.
He believes that the media sensationalize images because it’s a way of selling news, because when they show Africa, they show very extreme pictures , the reality is that when you are in Africa, things are really different, I am surprised at the development of technology , ‘every body has a cell phone’
In order not to shy away from the huge funds required for this escapade, I quickly asked him how he funds this trip, in his reply, he said he saved money because he doesn’t want to be funded by anybody in the fear of not being controlled.
His opined that his biggest fear is not completing this trip due to a breakdown of his motor bike and also not getting a visa to enter a country of choice which might lead to the end of the escapade. I do not want to make any arrangement to bypass a country with airplane or both, ‘.he exclaimed’
I peeped into his bike and I saw a dirty map, he says he has 3 maps that has been his guide, the internet has been useful to him also because he gets to ask questions from those that have gone through this same experience on website called www.horizonsunlimited.com. There are a lot of people traveling on bike around the world.
In a bid to end my ecstasy about his escapade, I quickly asked , when do you intend to finish this trip, he says maybe the end of this year 2008, because he has to go South Africa from Nigeria on bike then back all over again to Ireland.
So what after this escapade, I asked? And he says “When I am through, I will know”.
