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We have finished the first page of the tour schedule. Before the tour started we received a three page schedule, outlining the distances...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I am really enjoying the cycling in Ethiopia. The hills and scenery, and smooth roads. The temperature in the mornings has so far been...

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...

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...

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...

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...