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