![How does a plate of beans with flour on top sound for breakfast? It is strange but good for a change. The morning is rainy again. I head north so […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/10/featured-togo-DSC_2714-150x150.jpg "Togo")
![I had estimated my whole journey until Cape Town to last 1 year and about 15000 kilometers. At 355 days today, I cycled indeed 15000 km, but I am still […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/10/20131023_008_15000km_s-150x150.jpg "15000 KM !")
![How to leave a big city like Accra quickly and smoothly? It is not easy with a bicycle. I could take the smallest roads to avoid the traffic, but it […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/10/featured-the-volta-region_2421-150x150.jpg "The Volta region")
![So the kassava and plantain banana plantation is to add to my collection of camping in plantations, with olives, lemons and oranges. I get out of my bush early morning, […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/10/featured-towards-accra-DSC_2157-150x150.jpg "Towards Accra")
![We prepare banku with Hannah on Sunday morning while the church songs can be heard all around. My plan is to head in the afternoon for the lake Bosomtwe. With […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/10/featured-bosomtwe-obuasi-DSC_2026-150x150.jpg "Bosomtwe and Obuasi")
![Ghana is one of the countries dubbed as “Africa for beginners“, where people are nice and where it is safe and easy to travel. It seems true so far, the […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/09/featured-ashanti-empire-DSC_1742-150x150.jpg "Into the Ashanti kingdom")
![Some good rest in Yamoussoukro and 10 Chinese spokes for 1 € later, I leave the capital towards Ghana, to the east, without testing the traffic mess in Abidjan. I […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/09/featured-ivory-coast-end-DSC_1583-150x150.jpg "Dirt and asphalt until Ghana")
![I stopped in Yamoussoukro, the capital city since 1983 in the center of the country, mainly to avoid the coastal road and Abidjan where most of the Ivorian population lives. […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/08/featured-yamoussoukro-DSC_1456-150x150.jpg "Yamoussoukro")
![The morning we wake up in N’gorankro, it seems the kids are waiting for us. The same crowd as yesterday evening is here, under the porch of the house of […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/10/featured-ivorycoast2-DSC_1309-150x150.jpg "In Baoulé country")
![In Blizreu, alcohol is part of our breakfast and the kids enjoy it too. After Sy, the school principal, and his family have offered us fufu, the old Samuel takes […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/09/featured-ivorycoast1-DSC_1040-150x150.jpg "Cocoa and koutoukou, the assets of Ivory Coast")
![Roy sends us off with a big bag of UN food from the neighbors, that looks very useful, with many goodies independently packaged. We can pursue our road up to […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/08/featured-north-liberia-DSC_0916-150x150.jpg "Northern Liberia")
![Lake Volta is one of the largest man-made lakes in the world, and I reached yesterday 14000 km near the Akosombo dam which harnesses the Volta river. I am now […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/09/20130921_009_s_14000km-150x150.jpg "14000 KM !")
![We quit Monrovia once we leave 20 USD to the immigration bureau, for what feels like an extorted extension of our 3-month visa, happening according to mysterious rules. Monrovia is […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/09/featured-monrovia-firestone-DSC_0762-150x150.jpg "A journey through rubber trees")
![Monrovia, and Liberia in general, is not an obvious choice when it comes to tourist destinations. But it doesn’t matter, since one of the things I like to do is […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/08/featured-ducor-hotels-monrovia-DSC_0501-150x150.jpg "Ducor and Africa, the hotels of Monrovia")
![We stayed for the weekend at the convent in Monrovia, to rest after our adventures in the bush between Freetown and the Liberian capital. Katie and Guillaume took me to […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/07/featured-liberia-monrovia-DSC_0473-150x150.jpg "Monrovia")
![Janjay admits it now. While we are having breakfast on the shores of Lake Piso, watching the army of hermit crabs laying at the bottom of the clear waters, he […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/07/featured-liberia-bomi-DSC_0344-150x150.jpg "For a swim in the open pit of the Bomi blue lake")
![Once in Liberia, we quickly forget about the troubles we had exiting Sierra Leone: the first immigration post, just after the bridge over the Mano river, is quite cool. “Welcome […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/07/featured-liberia-robertsport-DSC_0120-150x150.jpg "Robertsport, navigating through Liberia")
![After having been blessed with well-behaved clouds for the three days that followed our departure from Freetown, the rain finally seems to catch up. We had a bit of it […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/07/featured-sierraleone-6-roadtoborder-DSC_0037-150x150.jpg "The rainy season in Sierra Leone")
![The highway Yamoussoukro-Abidjan is almost finished and I can cycle at the speed of light (for a photon on a saddle) on the empty lanes. Ivory Coast is very good […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/08/20130831_003b_s_13000km-150x150.jpg "13000 KM !")
![Today is the day we start on the supposedly bad roads. There is no more tar from Bandajuma until the Liberian border and I hope the rain didn’t ruin the […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/07/featured-sierraleone-5-tiwai-IMG_0804-150x150.jpg "The waterlogged roads to Tiwai Island")
![It is almost 8 am and we made sure to be ready with the desks and benches back in position. Unlike in Guinea, where they last four months, the school […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/07/featured-sierraleone-4-DSC_9713-150x150.jpg "Days rich in encounters")
![We leave Freetown going around the peninsular road until Waterloo. This way, we avoid the worst part of Freetown and enjoy a nice ride. I will continue the journey onward […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/07/featured-sierraleone-3-IMG_0472-150x150.jpg "The Peninsular road")
![The kids are dressed up for school, in a green or blue uniform, while I load up my bike and leave for Freetown. I have 10 kilometers to cycle from […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/07/featured-sierraleone-2-freetown-IMG_2590-150x150.jpg "Freetown")
![I have to wait until 11 am for the rain to stop in order to leave Farmoriah and Guinea. I have only 10 km left to the Sierra Leonean border […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/07/featured-sierraleone-1-DSC_9502-150x150.jpg "Rain for Sierra Leone")
![The reasons I chose to reach Mamou and sleep in a hostel were not met. I wanted to sleep dry and have electricity for my laptop. I only managed to […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/07/featured-guinea-4-DSC_9455-150x150.jpg "Road checkpoints")
![The ride up to the Fouta, the first mountains since Morocco, was a bit disappointing. It is indeed beautiful, but not as scenic as expected. I guess I had too […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/07/featured-guinea-3-DSC_9326-150x150.jpg "Riding the edge of the Fouta Djalon")
![My legs are weak from the morning already. It didn’t happen for a long time, and I just had small and gentle hills between 100 m and 300 m yesterday. […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/07/featured-guinea-2-DSC_9250-150x150.jpg "Between red tracks and dark skies")
![My first morning in Guinea is dedicated to the “new country routine”: get local money and a local SIM card. I make sure I get the best change rate by […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/07/featured-guinea-1-DSC_9205-150x150.jpg "Up to the Fouta Djalon")
![While the temperature is decent outside, I sleep way too hot under the metallic roof. I wake up many times in my own sweat puddle, like if I were an […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/07/featured-guinea-bissau-west-east-DSC_9113-150x150.jpg "Guinea-Bissau from west to east")
![Leaving Ziguinchor in the afternoon of this Saturday of early June was not a good idea. Before heading to my next country, I had to withdraw enough cash to survive […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/07/featured-bissau-cashew-republic-DSC_8967-150x150.jpg "Bissau, the cashew republic")
All countries (by latitude)
- Before Departure (6)
- Switzerland (5)
- France (11)
- Andorra (1)
- Spain (16)
- Morocco (17)
- Sahara (9)
- Mauritania (7)
- Senegal (9)
- The Gambia (2)
- Guinea-Bissau (4)
- Guinea (6)
- Sierra Leone (8)
- Liberia (8)
- Ivory Coast (6)
- Ghana (6)
- Togo (2)
- Benin (4)
- Nigeria (7)
- Cameroon (11)
- Gabon (8)
- Congo (6)
- Angola (17)
- Namibia (30)
- South Africa (8)
- Synopsis (9)
Latest adventures
![How does a plate of beans with flour on top sound for breakfast? It is strange but good for a change. The morning is rainy again. I head north so […]](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20115%20115'%3E%3C/svg%3E "Togo")
Togo
Posted on October 24, 2013 | 3 CommentsHow does a plate of beans with flour on top sound for breakfast? It is strange but good for a change. The morning is rainy again. I head north so […]15000 KM !
Posted on October 23, 2013 | 1 CommentI had estimated my whole journey until Cape Town to last 1 year and about 15000 kilometers. At 355 days today, I cycled indeed 15000 km, but I am still […]The Volta region
Posted on October 21, 2013 | No CommentsHow to leave a big city like Accra quickly and smoothly? It is not easy with a bicycle. I could take the smallest roads to avoid the traffic, but it […]Towards Accra
Posted on October 17, 2013 | 3 CommentsSo the kassava and plantain banana plantation is to add to my collection of camping in plantations, with olives, lemons and oranges. I get out of my bush early morning, […]Bosomtwe and Obuasi
Posted on October 14, 2013 | 2 CommentsWe prepare banku with Hannah on Sunday morning while the church songs can be heard all around. My plan is to head in the afternoon for the lake Bosomtwe. With […]Into the Ashanti kingdom
Posted on October 11, 2013 | No CommentsGhana is one of the countries dubbed as “Africa for beginners“, where people are nice and where it is safe and easy to travel. It seems true so far, the […]Dirt and asphalt until Ghana
Posted on October 8, 2013 | 2 CommentsSome good rest in Yamoussoukro and 10 Chinese spokes for 1 € later, I leave the capital towards Ghana, to the east, without testing the traffic mess in Abidjan. I […]Yamoussoukro
Posted on October 5, 2013 | 2 CommentsI stopped in Yamoussoukro, the capital city since 1983 in the center of the country, mainly to avoid the coastal road and Abidjan where most of the Ivorian population lives. […]In Baoulé country
Posted on October 2, 2013 | 2 CommentsThe morning we wake up in N’gorankro, it seems the kids are waiting for us. The same crowd as yesterday evening is here, under the porch of the house of […]Cocoa and koutoukou, the assets of Ivory Coast
Posted on September 29, 2013 | 1 CommentIn Blizreu, alcohol is part of our breakfast and the kids enjoy it too. After Sy, the school principal, and his family have offered us fufu, the old Samuel takes […]Northern Liberia
Posted on September 26, 2013 | 3 CommentsRoy sends us off with a big bag of UN food from the neighbors, that looks very useful, with many goodies independently packaged. We can pursue our road up to […]14000 KM !
Posted on September 22, 2013 | No CommentsLake Volta is one of the largest man-made lakes in the world, and I reached yesterday 14000 km near the Akosombo dam which harnesses the Volta river. I am now […]A journey through rubber trees
Posted on September 22, 2013 | 3 CommentsWe quit Monrovia once we leave 20 USD to the immigration bureau, for what feels like an extorted extension of our 3-month visa, happening according to mysterious rules. Monrovia is […]Ducor and Africa, the hotels of Monrovia
Posted on September 16, 2013 | 16 CommentsMonrovia, and Liberia in general, is not an obvious choice when it comes to tourist destinations. But it doesn’t matter, since one of the things I like to do is […]Monrovia
Posted on September 14, 2013 | No CommentsWe stayed for the weekend at the convent in Monrovia, to rest after our adventures in the bush between Freetown and the Liberian capital. Katie and Guillaume took me to […]For a swim in the open pit of the Bomi blue lake
Posted on September 8, 2013 | 8 CommentsJanjay admits it now. While we are having breakfast on the shores of Lake Piso, watching the army of hermit crabs laying at the bottom of the clear waters, he […]Robertsport, navigating through Liberia
Posted on September 6, 2013 | No CommentsOnce in Liberia, we quickly forget about the troubles we had exiting Sierra Leone: the first immigration post, just after the bridge over the Mano river, is quite cool. “Welcome […]The rainy season in Sierra Leone
Posted on September 2, 2013 | 4 CommentsAfter having been blessed with well-behaved clouds for the three days that followed our departure from Freetown, the rain finally seems to catch up. We had a bit of it […]13000 KM !
Posted on August 31, 2013 | No CommentsThe highway Yamoussoukro-Abidjan is almost finished and I can cycle at the speed of light (for a photon on a saddle) on the empty lanes. Ivory Coast is very good […]The waterlogged roads to Tiwai Island
Posted on August 28, 2013 | 3 CommentsToday is the day we start on the supposedly bad roads. There is no more tar from Bandajuma until the Liberian border and I hope the rain didn’t ruin the […]Days rich in encounters
Posted on August 24, 2013 | No CommentsIt is almost 8 am and we made sure to be ready with the desks and benches back in position. Unlike in Guinea, where they last four months, the school […]The Peninsular road
Posted on August 20, 2013 | 3 CommentsWe leave Freetown going around the peninsular road until Waterloo. This way, we avoid the worst part of Freetown and enjoy a nice ride. I will continue the journey onward […]Freetown
Posted on August 15, 2013 | 5 CommentsThe kids are dressed up for school, in a green or blue uniform, while I load up my bike and leave for Freetown. I have 10 kilometers to cycle from […]Rain for Sierra Leone
Posted on August 10, 2013 | No CommentsI have to wait until 11 am for the rain to stop in order to leave Farmoriah and Guinea. I have only 10 km left to the Sierra Leonean border […]Road checkpoints
Posted on August 7, 2013 | 3 CommentsThe reasons I chose to reach Mamou and sleep in a hostel were not met. I wanted to sleep dry and have electricity for my laptop. I only managed to […]Riding the edge of the Fouta Djalon
Posted on August 4, 2013 | No CommentsThe ride up to the Fouta, the first mountains since Morocco, was a bit disappointing. It is indeed beautiful, but not as scenic as expected. I guess I had too […]Between red tracks and dark skies
Posted on July 31, 2013 | 4 CommentsMy legs are weak from the morning already. It didn’t happen for a long time, and I just had small and gentle hills between 100 m and 300 m yesterday. […]Up to the Fouta Djalon
Posted on July 28, 2013 | 3 CommentsMy first morning in Guinea is dedicated to the “new country routine”: get local money and a local SIM card. I make sure I get the best change rate by […]Guinea-Bissau from west to east
Posted on July 25, 2013 | 3 CommentsWhile the temperature is decent outside, I sleep way too hot under the metallic roof. I wake up many times in my own sweat puddle, like if I were an […]Bissau, the cashew republic
Posted on July 22, 2013 | 2 CommentsLeaving Ziguinchor in the afternoon of this Saturday of early June was not a good idea. Before heading to my next country, I had to withdraw enough cash to survive […]
