Budapest-Bamako!
A rally raid that tests the limits of physical and mental strength, an exclusive for GIVI EXPLORER, as told by the only Italian participant: Laura Cola, the founder of the women’s motorcycle association “Donneinsella”.
Laura also took another record home. She was the first woman in 14 years to complete this “mission” on a motorcycle. A challenging goal considering the difficulties faced. Among the peculiarities of the Budapest Bamako is having to be totally self-sufficient and almost always sleeping in the bivouacs provided by the organisers. “You have to continuously refill on water and petrol, drive at night through a thousand dangers and sweat, or be cold, like on the first days, in your motorcycle gear”, says Laura, “all while dealing with the weight of luggage, jerry cans, a tent and spare parts”. We’ll let her tell the rest of the story herself.
BUDAPEST-BAMAKO: SETTING OUT
More than 7,000 kilometres across Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea and Sierra Leone
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BUDAPEST-BAMAKO: The equipment
How to find extra space for luggage, water, petrol, a tent, sleeping bag, and spare parts
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BUDAPEST-BAMAKO: THE ROUTE
From the desert to the savannah, from the steppes to the green of Sierra Leone
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BUDAPEST-BAMAKO: BIVOUAC and EPILOGUE
Heart of Budapest-Bamako, social gatherings and celebrations
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