Beyond the Saddle ....Cairo to Cape Town

Date: 28 Jan 2007 20:39:02

Title: Finally at Dongola...and oohh!

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End of day 14 cycling....

Position 19:10.734N 30:27.843E

We finally reached Dongola and the 'paradise' where we will have a rst day tomorrow.....

Well what a day......didn't really think it would turn out like it did......lost of surprises...! Ithink they best be left for the newsletter.....

But it was 10hrs out there on the bike, a true desert crossing with no real roads to follow, I did three quarters of the day on a bicycle made for two, crossed the nile on a very basic punt / barge, and arrived at camp REALLY tired to hear that the truck with the bags with our clothes in was stuck in the desert with a broken rear leaf spring!

More soon and pics in Beyond the Saddle

I am Soooooo tired I'll sleep really well tonight.

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Diary Entries

2007
- Jun 2007
  - Thu 14 Jun
    - Finish in Cape Town Newsletter Part 2 of 2
  - Wed 13 Jun
    - Cape Town The finish.......Newsletter Part 1of 2
- Apr 2007
  - Wed 18 Apr
    - #13. Two capital cities, four countries visited, a 50 year birthday, Victoria Falls in flood and then a big tour decision made...
  - Fri 13 Apr
    - Just SW of Chomo
  - Thu 12 Apr
    - 30km south west of Mazabuka
  - Wed 11 Apr
    - In Lusaka.....
  - Sun 08 Apr
    - Luangwa..Can see Mocambique
  - Sat 07 Apr
    - A Place called Minga....340km from Lilongwe
  - Fri 06 Apr
    - #12. Iringa to Lilongwe - Some inside realities and maybe a different perspective...
  - Tue 03 Apr
    - Kasunga... Great cycle and a surprisingly great town!
  - Mon 02 Apr
    - Camping on a school soccer field.....
    - Camping on a school soccer field.....
  - Sun 01 Apr
    - Back to reality....Mzouza
- Mar 2007
  - Sat 31 Mar
    - Absconded for a few days!
  - Wed 28 Mar
    - Mbeya....Last night in Tanzania
  - Tue 27 Mar
    - Approaching Mbeya
    - Back on Bloggs again!
  - Mon 26 Mar
    - #11. Nairobi to Iringa...Going it alone and really feeling the Africa of my boyhood dreams!
  - Mon 19 Mar
    - The first day after Arusha break.......
  - Thu 15 Mar
    - Kilimanjaro gives a small present!
  - Wed 14 Mar
    - Kilimanjaro in sight!
  - Tue 13 Mar
    - #10. Still Alive! Two most amazing weeks yet...Yarabello to Nairobi.
  - Sun 11 Mar
    - Arrived in Nairobi...End of a huge section!
  - Sat 10 Mar
    - A really wonderful 1st day in Northern hemisphere...90km to Nairobi!
  - Fri 09 Mar
    - Mt Kenya and last night in the northern Hemisphere...
  - Thu 08 Mar
    - The official Meltdown DONE!
  - Wed 07 Mar
    - Another tough Meltdown day......but less than 1 degree to the equator!
  - Tue 06 Mar
    - Another 100km closer to Nairobi.....
  - Sun 04 Mar
    - Wow.....a tough day today...Tuskers deserved!
  - Sat 03 Mar
    - Really the Middle of Nowhere!
  - Fri 02 Mar
    - 1st day of Meltdown gone well!
  - Thu 01 Mar
    - Just crossed into Kenya...!
- Feb 2007
  - Wed 28 Feb
    - 80km from Kenya.....
    - #9. Addis Ababa to Yarabello...The Rift Valley and People Overload!
  - Mon 26 Feb
    - From Yarabella......
  - Sun 25 Feb
    - Quite a tough day today.....back up to 2300m
  - Sat 24 Feb
    - 20km from Dila.....away from the Lakes...but not the kids
  - Fri 23 Feb
    - Lake Longana ....again on the water's edge!
  - Thu 22 Feb
    - At the water edge on Lake Koka
    - #8. Gondar to Addis Ababa... Cycling in Heaven!
  - Tue 20 Feb
    - Arrived in Addis Ababa....Section 2 complete...Very Satisfying!
  - Mon 19 Feb
    - At Debre Libanos.....120km to Addis
  - Sun 18 Feb
    - Down and Up...now on the south rim of Blue Nile Gorge
  - Sat 17 Feb
    - Almost on the rim of the Blue Nile Gorge
  - Fri 16 Feb
    - Closer to the Blue Nile gorge
  - Thu 15 Feb
    - Valentine's day off...Not really!
  - Tue 13 Feb
    - Back on the Road...Lake Tana in sight!
  - Mon 12 Feb
    - #7. Ethiopia...What a dramatic change! ...Lots of cycling too!
  - Sat 10 Feb
    - The toughest day yet....
  - Fri 09 Feb
    - Ethiopia...just across the border but a whole new world!
  - Thu 08 Feb
    - Into Ethiopia...but just...what a change too!
  - Wed 07 Feb
    - A REAL fast day...with help....!
  - Tue 06 Feb
    - El Fau.....a long hot day...but satisfying!
  - Mon 05 Feb
    - An uninspiring Sudan...but 147km in the bag!
  - Sun 04 Feb
    - #6. Into Khartoum with Pomp and Ceremony - The end of Section 1... 2000km behind me!
  - Sat 03 Feb
    - Finally arrive in chaotic Khartoum!
  - Fri 02 Feb
    - Khartoum...I can almost see it...
  - Thu 01 Feb
    - Left the Nile, crossing the Sahara to Khartoum
- Jan 2007
  - Wed 31 Jan
    - Now i feel the REAL Sahara.....
  - Tue 30 Jan
    - A fast and interesting day in the desert!
    - #5. Sudan...huge challenges and rewards...a world away from Egypt!
  - Sun 28 Jan
    - Finally at Dongola...and oohh!
  - Sat 27 Jan
    - 4O K, North of Argo, Nubian Desert Sudan....
  - Fri 26 Jan
    - Campsite on the Nile, 20:20.739N 30:23.622E
  - Thu 25 Jan
    - Just South of Akosha, Sudan 20:56.126N 30:38.007E
    - #4. Goodbye to Egypt, crossing the Tropic line and Sudan beckons!
  - Wed 24 Jan
    - In the desert south of Wadi Halfa 21:27.233N 31:07.889E
  - Mon 22 Jan
    - Embarking the ferry has been a very interesting experience...
  - Sun 21 Jan
    - a teenager threw a boulder at me from an apartment as I rode by...
  - Sat 20 Jan
    - 90 km ahead of us so we can get to Aswan to meet the ferry...
    - #3. Safaga (Red Sea) to Luxor...blessed again!
  - Thu 18 Jan
    - What a change in scenery...
  - Wed 17 Jan
    - #2. The first four days...Cairo to Safaga. Savouring Egypt's present!
    - End of day 5.....A long hard one today...
  - Tue 16 Jan
    - Great ride again....downwind.....
  - Mon 15 Jan
    - ...140km further down the west bank of the Gulf of Suez...
  - Sun 14 Jan
    - ...somewhere in the middle of the eastern desert...
  - Sat 13 Jan
    - End of the first day!!
  - Fri 12 Jan
    - #1. From the Swiss Alps to the Pyramids of Egypt