Veterans en route to Angola
The riders showed off their brand new shirts with a brain cancer ribbon on one sleeve.
With just hours left until they get on their motorbikes and head off to Angola, Cobus Botes, Steve Prinsloo, Wayne Allan Laatz, Johan Booysen and Tammy-Leigh Booysen spent some time with their family and friends on Wednesday night.
The purpose of the trip for the former South African Defence Force soldiers is to relive their experiences of when they fought in the country during the war.
This is in support of their friend Theuns Botha who suffers from brain cancer.
While the riders surprised Theuns with the shirts, he also surprised them by making prego rolls and boerewors rolls to celebrate the occasion.
Then last night, their 10 day trip started by picking up everyone from their homes.
They will travel by car with their Kawasaki KLR650 motorbikes in trailers into Maun, Botswana to pick up their guide Patrick Ricketts.
From Maun, they will get onto their bikes for more than 1000 kilometers into neighbouring Windhoek, Namibia then travel to Angola.
Once they reach their destination of Cuito Cuanavale, they will spend a week in the country.
Along the way, they will be sleeping in camp sites where they will build tents around a fire.
The team will also be delivering the educational material they collected to the community of Cuito Cuanavale where one educator teaches both the adults as well as the children.
