Lunchtime Lockdown
Feb 12th 107km from Italian Bridge Camp to Addis. The cycle into rest days is often tedious/a bizarre affair, for me anyway. Today we...
Cycling at the Speed of Flies
Feb 10th So yesterday we cycled the legend that is the Blue Nile Gorge. I have been aware of it since meeting Marty about 6 weeks before...
Coffee, Hippos and Monastries
9th Feb Bahir Dar feels like a bigger and more commercial city compared to Gondar. The hotel that the tour stayed in (Bib Ambessa) was...
Dressing Local
7th Feb There is a costume party tonight, the theme is “Local Dress”. I wanted to dress up as donkey, we see alot of them - not very easy...
Rest week
I am really enjoying the cycling in Ethiopia. The hills and scenery, and smooth roads. The temperature in the mornings has so far been...
Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Made it to Gondar, and cycled to the rest day. The four long days, and two shorter days were manageable! Yesterday was probably one of...
Ethiopia Intense and In-tents.
I am lying in my tent, on the ground of a very solid paddock. There is a clod (I think kiwis have another phrase for this?!) of earth to...
Shaken Not Stirred
Today was meant to be an easy day! 149km to the Ethiopian border. He road had turned 300m before camp so we were heading South East. The...
Cycling Sudan
The wind is once again reaping it's payment for the first few weeks of aid it provided. Can't be frustrated with it when it made life so...
Wind: best friend and worst enemy
Another two long days through the desert since I last wrote. 143km yesterday, and 147km today. We have been lucky enough to have a strong...
