About
Hi, I'm Julian, 27 years of age, and I'm using a 6-month break from university to travel down the west side of Africa on my motorcycle, a trusty 2002 Yamaha TTR600.
My eMail address is: julian dot woeltjen at gmail dot com
My current phone number, for Namibia, is +264 816509786
The map updates are sent in via SMS with my GPS coordinates and a short message, which then gets displayed in a little bubble on the map.
Pictures of my trip are at http://picasaweb.google.com/julianusafricanus/
Logo/Header design by Andi Schöller. Thanks, Andi!
January 6th, 2010 - 21:48
My pleasure!
March 31st, 2010 - 23:06
I am the policeman that you met during your motorcycle crash near Tours (France), I hope you could go back and wish you good luck! I often take new!
bye bye
April 1st, 2010 - 09:48
Julian had a crash? I hope nothing bad happened!
Best wishes, good luck and stay on your route!
April 2nd, 2010 - 14:00
Oh dear.
April 2nd, 2010 - 17:52
Don’t worry guys, it was just a loose wire on my headlight. I’m alright. Pascal the mechanic took me back to his garage and fixed it.
@Mélanie: Thanks for the coffee. The bike’s running fine and I have not broken any French traffic laws since
April 5th, 2010 - 12:03
Hello!!!
African soil already!!!! You were in a hurry in France!!lol!! Oh btw you forgot a towel at my place..you might have noticed!
Anyway I hope everything is going well, that you won”t have trouble with any other policemen/women, but there are less traffic laws to break in the desert!!!! You should check what position it shows on google maps…I guess it’s not accurate, you’re saying you just landed in Marocco and want to head to Rabat, and the map says your in Tunisia!!!^^
Anyway good luck!!!
Bye
April 6th, 2010 - 23:53
oh I’m sorry this is not an accident but a failure! and the coffee is no big thing!good luck
April 12th, 2010 - 14:03
Is it possible to get the map updates via rss-feed?
April 12th, 2010 - 18:57
@Jan: I’m thinking about piping them into Twitter. Stay tuned.
April 12th, 2010 - 23:42
cool, your first update occured at the moment i was visiting
April 16th, 2010 - 13:48
Hey Pole. Wish you all the best!
Can you by any chance take photos and upload them?
Cheers
Danny
April 16th, 2010 - 20:53
@Daniel:
http://picasaweb.google.com/julianusafricanus/
April 26th, 2010 - 12:48
Moin Pole!
Are you all right?
If something’s wrong, I could come and syve you with my new Simson S51 Enduro!
I wish you the best!
April 26th, 2010 - 21:10
Sorry, my Mauritanian SMS don’t arrive in Germany.
May 2nd, 2010 - 22:17
Hi Julian,
I’m Klaus the Guy with the 1200GS you met at the view point in the Dades-Canyon. You are doing the trip I’m always dreaming of! I really was very close to join you on your trip, but I think my boss at work would have had a problem with it
Nice idea with the blog and the updates per sms with short infos on google maps!
I wish you all the best, have fun and take care,
Klaus
May 19th, 2010 - 12:41
Hi Julian,
Here is Fabrice. You will find some pictures of our ride in the Mont Mandingue between Bamako and Siby. Good luck for the rest of your travel, hope to see you one day !
Take care,
Fabrice
http://asamb.canalblog.com/
June 22nd, 2010 - 18:55
Make sure to leave Ghana before tomorrow evening
July 6th, 2010 - 20:18
Hey what’s up Julian? am Joe from Ghana ( Elmina) I work at internet cafe in Elmina you told me you will be visiting kakum national park on your way, how was the bridge was it scary
? hope you remember me now? 
I wish you all the best man take care and stay blessed
Joe
July 22nd, 2010 - 11:45
Hey Pole!
I noticed you messed up a GPS-coordinate, or did you take the boat now?
Can you give me your handynumber? I want to try to call you via skype!
Enjoy the trip!
September 2nd, 2010 - 23:35
Hie Julian
I am Desmond, the guy you met in Ondangwa Namibia. Went into your website today saw the pics and details of your drip. Its so exciting. I dont think I would dare to take some of these risks alone. Rem what I said that day, put all this in a book. I will the first one to enjoy the adventure.
Tried your mobile in Namibia but not available.
Good luck.
Desmond email address anesumaron@gmail.com
September 5th, 2010 - 23:08
That is an awesome journey and congratulations for getting there. Have been following you for the last month and enjoyed seeing the progress. We intend to travel to Sierra Leone in Dec. Have been interested to read your comments on SL and Guinea. Did you get your Guinea visa in Bamako? was it easy/expensive.
Well done again
Regards Andy