Sinje Gottwald, a tech professional from Germany, became the first person to drive the length of Africa on an electric motorcycle during a 124-day solo journey.
She didn’t plan to spend so much time on the road but was having so much fun she just kept riding, figuring out where to go next each morning. But as she was preparing to tackle Africa, she decided to make things a little trickier.
Things got sketchy a couple of times, and approaching Nigeria, she met up with another solo rider, Anna, who negotiated the border crossing with her because neither had visas."I didn’t feel safe," Gottwald said."There were issues with the military and police.""I didn’t feel safe. There were issues with the military and police.
At one point, she lost a screw from a sprocket in the dirt and was lucky to find it, but then her luck ran out.
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