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