The North Circular to Nairobi and The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread (Actually Better than sliced bre
Sat 4th March Convoy day. Â Apparently our last convoy before Cape Town. Â My tent pitch was a winner. Â I woke up with a largely dry tent,...
Jambo Kenya!
So we are back on the road well and truly now, and also back online. Â With our crossing into Kenya we were reintroduced to internet,...
Lunchtime Lockdown
Feb 12th 107km from Italian Bridge Camp to Addis. Â The cycle into rest days is often tedious/a bizarre affair, for me anyway. Today we...
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...
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...
The Pyramids of Sudan
Today is a rest day for us - in Dongola. We arrived by bus yesterday, from our Desert camp by the Nile swimming pool (Furkah? maybe)....
Been there, cycled that.
Today is our last day in Egypt. We have cycled over 1100km in 12 days, including 2 rest days, and made it from Cairo to Abu Simbel. It is...
The 'real' Africa
We have had two days cycling since leaving Luxor, and have made it to Aswan. Â The last two days have been really enjoyable, a lot more...
A street corner in Cairo - Sudanese Embassy waiting room
The Sudanese visa is notoriously tedious to procure. Air arrivals can get a visa at the airport, but land visitors need a visa in...
