this is who's going...

i've mentioned that 3 of us are going on the trip... well here's a little background and some extra info to each one...

PK - also known as Pascal Andreas Kilchenmann. he reckons that he's quite the macho guy. Many people know him as "John". PK has been riding bikes for the past 5 million years, so he knows the drill. he runs a successful business in paarden eiland manufacturing acoustic ceilings. he's joined at the hip with lee (he wouldn't admit it, but they're a bit like pea's in a pod), his long time girlfriend. she is naturally stoked that he is going on this trip for a couple of months - NOT. dex, a husky, is the recent addition to the household, he's a bundle of non-stop energy. PK is yet to get a bike capable of doing this trip but our money is still on him joining us as we have ordered the panniers and they might look a little funny taped to the side of his car...
PK has done a fair bit of travelling. i've had some memorable moments with him, one being in Beijing, China. we had just walked for kilometres in the wrong direction only to catch a cab back to tienanmen square. we were tucking in to some KFC sitting on a ledge at one end of the square when a soccer ball came rolling over from a nearby match. PK, gently laid down his burger, fixed his eye on the ball, ran towards it and toe-poked it back direction soccer players... the shot curled sharply to the left where an unassuming petite chinese girl was walking in high heels with her handbag tucked in tightly under her arm, the ball hit her square on the head, knocking her stride - she squelched, swore at PK, who flinched momentarily then joined the bursts of laughter coming from the nearby soccer match. he has since retired from the sport.
Pascal is 29 and will hit the big 3 zero in january '08... we'll be on the trip.

Lukas - Luke Philipe Farrenkothen. he's been itching to do a trip like this for years and in some ways has been the instigator. he was the first to buy his bike, the blue KTM 640 adventure. when luke's not scanning the peninsula for a "narly" surf, he runs Cape Life Student placement with his girlfriend Sandra. they place european students, a.k.a FI's, in south african companies for work experience. luke has seen a lot of the world and so has the world, or at least Cape Town, of luke. he streaked down long street behind a tourist bus and won tickets to the 2003 world cup in korea & japan... that was before he smashed up his beetle's fender to even get into the next round... not known for his liking of the german football team, luke will be visiting the vaterland (deutschland) in june 07 and is banking on getting much needed gear for the trip. luke got a taste of africa last december, when he and sandra took on malawi. obviously he's still got love for the continent, even after shitting through an eye of a needle for 3 days and loosing about 5 kilos... he got the e-coli jab at the doc last week with little persuasion...
Luke is 28 and will be a legend to have on the trip...

Mark - Mark Daniel Steinbach - host of this blog and the third on the list... i think this adventure bug bit me when i went to nepal in feb'06... sign up to keep updated on the blog...