Previous Diary Entries
2007
Jun 2007
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Finish in Cape Town Newsletter Part 2 of 2
Thu 14 Jun 19:36
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Cape Town The finish.......Newsletter Part 1of 2
Wed 13 Jun 19:57
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Just the Windhoek Waypoint
Sat 21 Apr 04:44
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Just the Tshootsha Waypoint
Sat 21 Apr 04:44
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Just the Sehithwa Waypoint
Sat 21 Apr 04:43
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Just the Bagani Waypoint
Sat 21 Apr 04:42
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#13. Two capital cities, four countries visited, a 50 year birthday, Victoria Falls in flood and then a big tour decision made...
Tue 17 Apr 23:16
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Just SW of Chomo
Fri 13 Apr 13:10
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30km south west of Mazabuka
Thu 12 Apr 12:07
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In Lusaka.....
Wed 11 Apr 20:59
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Luangwa..Can see Mocambique
Sun 8 Apr 15:58
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A Place called Minga....340km from Lilongwe
Sat 7 Apr 15:00
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#12. Iringa to Lilongwe - Some inside realities and maybe a different perspective...
Fri 6 Apr 12:12
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Kasunga... Great cycle and a surprisingly great town!
Tue 3 Apr 20:20
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Camping on a school soccer field.....
Mon 2 Apr 14:13
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Camping on a school soccer field.....
Mon 2 Apr 14:05
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Back to reality....Mzouza
Sun 1 Apr 18:36
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Absconded for a few days!
Sat 31 Mar 14:44
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Mbeya....Last night in Tanzania
Wed 28 Mar 17:54
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Approaching Mbeya
Tue 27 Mar 17:23
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Back on Bloggs again!
Tue 27 Mar 13:51
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#11. Nairobi to Iringa...Going it alone and really feeling the Africa of my boyhood dreams!
Mon 26 Mar 16:27
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The first day after Arusha break.......
Mon 19 Mar 12:43
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Kilimanjaro gives a small present!
Thu 15 Mar 13:44
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Kilimanjaro in sight!
Wed 14 Mar 14:05
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#10. Still Alive! Two most amazing weeks yet...Yarabello to Nairobi.
Tue 13 Mar 09:26
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Arrived in Nairobi...End of a huge section!
Sun 11 Mar 21:59
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A really wonderful 1st day in Northern hemisphere...90km to Nairobi!
Sat 10 Mar 20:26
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Mt Kenya and last night in the northern Hemisphere...
Fri 9 Mar 21:51
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The official Meltdown DONE!
Thu 8 Mar 17:37
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Another tough Meltdown day......but less than 1 degree to the equator!
Wed 7 Mar 17:51
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Another 100km closer to Nairobi.....
Tue 6 Mar 16:30
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Wow.....a tough day today...Tuskers deserved!
Sun 4 Mar 16:25
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Really the Middle of Nowhere!
Sat 3 Mar 17:10
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1st day of Meltdown gone well!
Fri 2 Mar 13:07
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Just crossed into Kenya...!
Thu 1 Mar 13:18
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80km from Kenya.....
Wed 28 Feb 13:44
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#9. Addis Ababa to Yarabello...The Rift Valley and People Overload!
Wed 28 Feb 12:44
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From Yarabella......
Mon 26 Feb 17:03
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Quite a tough day today.....back up to 2300m
Sun 25 Feb 14:57
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20km from Dila.....away from the Lakes...but not the kids
Sat 24 Feb 16:29
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Lake Longana ....again on the water's edge!
Fri 23 Feb 16:20
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At the water edge on Lake Koka
Thu 22 Feb 16:48
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#8. Gondar to Addis Ababa... Cycling in Heaven!
Thu 22 Feb 11:34
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Arrived in Addis Ababa....Section 2 complete...Very Satisfying!
Tue 20 Feb 15:58
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At Debre Libanos.....120km to Addis
Mon 19 Feb 16:54
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Down and Up...now on the south rim of Blue Nile Gorge
Sun 18 Feb 17:00
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Almost on the rim of the Blue Nile Gorge
Sat 17 Feb 14:59
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Closer to the Blue Nile gorge
Fri 16 Feb 16:38
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Valentine's day off...Not really!
Thu 15 Feb 18:26
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Back on the Road...Lake Tana in sight!
Tue 13 Feb 15:14
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#7. Ethiopia...What a dramatic change! ...Lots of cycling too!
Mon 12 Feb 19:53
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The toughest day yet....
Sat 10 Feb 23:11
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Ethiopia...just across the border but a whole new world!
Fri 9 Feb 16:47
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Into Ethiopia...but just...what a change too!
Thu 8 Feb 17:05
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A REAL fast day...with help....!
Wed 7 Feb 17:14
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El Fau.....a long hot day...but satisfying!
Tue 6 Feb 17:51
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An uninspiring Sudan...but 147km in the bag!
Mon 5 Feb 17:07
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#6. Into Khartoum with Pomp and Ceremony - The end of Section 1... 2000km behind me!
Sun 4 Feb 23:07
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Finally arrive in chaotic Khartoum!
Sat 3 Feb 18:52
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Khartoum...I can almost see it...
Fri 2 Feb 17:00
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Left the Nile, crossing the Sahara to Khartoum
Thu 1 Feb 17:07
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Now i feel the REAL Sahara.....
Wed 31 Jan 17:53
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A fast and interesting day in the desert!
Tue 30 Jan 20:56
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#5. Sudan...huge challenges and rewards...a world away from Egypt!
Tue 30 Jan 05:22
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Finally at Dongola...and oohh!
Sun 28 Jan 20:39
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4O K, North of Argo, Nubian Desert Sudan....
Sat 27 Jan 21:41
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Campsite on the Nile, 20:20.739N 30:23.622E
Fri 26 Jan 21:04
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Just South of Akosha, Sudan 20:56.126N 30:38.007E
Thu 25 Jan 20:58
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#4. Goodbye to Egypt, crossing the Tropic line and Sudan beckons!
Thu 25 Jan 09:54
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In the desert south of Wadi Halfa 21:27.233N 31:07.889E
Wed 24 Jan 21:14
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Embarking the ferry has been a very interesting experience...
Mon 22 Jan 19:42
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a teenager threw a boulder at me from an apartment as I rode by...
Sun 21 Jan 18:24
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90 km ahead of us so we can get to Aswan to meet the ferry...
Sat 20 Jan 18:41
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#3. Safaga (Red Sea) to Luxor...blessed again!
Sat 20 Jan 04:56
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What a change in scenery...
Thu 18 Jan 06:34
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#2. The first four days...Cairo to Safaga. Savouring Egypt's present!
Wed 17 Jan 16:44
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End of day 5.....A long hard one today...
Wed 17 Jan 13:23
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Great ride again....downwind.....
Tue 16 Jan 14:54
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...140km further down the west bank of the Gulf of Suez...
Mon 15 Jan 14:46
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...somewhere in the middle of the eastern desert...
Sun 14 Jan 14:41
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End of the first day!!
Sat 13 Jan 14:40
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#1. From the Swiss Alps to the Pyramids of Egypt
Fri 12 Jan 19:50