![After taking some very bad roads in Sierra Leone, crossing many improvised rivers, collecting big ant bites, I am this morning at the gates of Monrovia, Liberia, after cycling 12000 […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/07/20130712_003_12000km_s-150x150.jpg "12000 KM !")
![It has been now 3 weeks since I left Ziguinchor in Senegal. Since then, I cycled through the cashew fields of Guinea Bissau, and up and down in the Fouta […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/06/02InternetAccessmap-1358534953598-150x150.jpg "Internet in Africa")
![And one more, 11000 kilometers on the piste between Guinea and Sierra Leone. The rainy season has started and the sky will no more be perfectly blue. No more sand […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/06/20130624_002_11000km_s-150x150.jpg "11000 KM !")
![Mauritania was rather short and I didn’t spend time wandering around. As a result, I have taken only a few videos, full of wind and sand. All in all, it’s […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/05/mauriride_snapshot-150x150.jpg "Cycling Mauritania video")
![From Guelmim to Nouakchott, that’s 2000 km of desert. When the wind is friendly, riding the unique road of the Sahara along the Atlantic coast is a pleasure. For more […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/05/saharide-mp4-25fps-screenshot-150x150.jpg "Cycling the Sahara video")
![The Casamance is the region of Senegal separated from the main part of the country by The Gambia. It has a long history of rebels and the French government advises […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/06/featured-casamanceDSC_8858-150x150.jpg "Mango street, Casamance")
![Senegal and Gambia should be very similar. As I was told several times, “we are the same people“, and it makes sense. The only differences would come from what the […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/06/featured-gambiaDSC_8766-150x150.jpg "The Gambia")
![Ten thousand kilometers reached on my first day cycling in Guinea-Bissau! I celebrated it eating the fruits of the photo. Cashew fruits are not really supposed to be eaten, but […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/06/20130609_007_10000km-25-150x150.jpg "10000 KM !")
![I leave Toubab Dialaw rather late as my next spot is Warang just near Mbour, where I was offered to stay the night in the house of Maryse and Toni. […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/06/DSC_8732-150x150.jpg "Sine-Saloum, sea, sand and sun")
![The saying “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone” is proven to be true so far, but it doesn’t mention that comfort zones are very tricky. Nicolas had […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/06/IMG_2344-150x150.jpg "Dakar workshop")
![After almost 3 months in Morocco, cycling across the Sahara and a bit of wandering in the hot interior of Senegal, I settled near Dakar, in Mboro, where I could […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/06/DSC_8527-150x150.jpg "A second long break")
![With almost three months spent in Morocco, I went through hard but rewarding times across the various Atlas ranges of the country. I tried to include all the breathtaking landscapes in this […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/05/moroccoride-mp4-25fps-native-6120+6144-mp3-44kHz.avi_snapshot_11.20_2013.05.20_00.14.53-150x150.jpg "Cycling Morocco in between the Atlas, video")
![I reached the 9000 km milestone leaving Mboro this morning. Nothing special as I stopped at 8996 km before taking a long break. Instead of an achievement, it feels more […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/05/featured_9000km_DSC_8448-150x150.jpg "9000 KM !")
![The temperatures are decent in the morning and I will be able to start with pleasant kilometers. Once the sun is hitting my bike and panniers, right above my head, […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/04/featured-lompoul-8400-l-150x150.jpg "A desert on the coast")
![After saying goodbye to the people from the Thiagar rice company who helped me, I finish the last 4 km of piste to find the asphalt again in Rosso Senegal. […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/04/featured-touba-mosque-8340-l-150x150.jpg "On the tracks of Serigne Touba")
![After a couple of days resting in Saint-Louis, under no rush of any visa since Senegal, like Morocco, allows me to stay for 3 months, I can head to Dakar. […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/04/featured-djoudj-8207-l-150x150.jpg "Saint-Louis and the birds of Djoudj")
![In order to leave Nouakchott without the traffic, where the taxis stop anywhere and overtake from both sides, I head directly to the coast from the Auberge Sahara and take […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/04/featured-road-diama-IMG_2142-150x150.jpg "The road to Diama")
![Before starting cycling this very long road of 2000 kilometers between Guelmim, the gate of the Sahara in the north, and Nouakchott in Mauritania, I wanted to know if I […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/03/featured-food-water-sahara-DSC_7579-150x150.jpg "Food and water to cycle across the Sahara desert")
![My initial plan for leaving Nouadhibou was to take the train until Choum, then a truck until Atar, then the desert road until Nouakchott. There are two desert roads: from […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/03/featured-mauritanian-desert-DSC_7885-150x150.jpg "Nouadhibou to Nouakchott, the Mauritanian desert")
![The power is down also in the morning, so I must skip the shower again. The whole city being deprived of electricity also means that no internet café will be […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/03/featured-nouadhibou-DSC_7745-150x150.jpg "Nouadhibou")
![In the morning, the strong wind pushes me quickly through the last 35 kilometers until the border. After 2400 kilometers cycled in Morocco and 1400 km in Western Sahara, I […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/03/featured-morocco-mauritania-DSC_7630-150x150.jpg "From Morocco to Mauritania")
![Not too long after the previous kilomilestone, I reached yesterday the 8000 km mark between Nouakchott and Tiguent, on my way to the border with Senegal. The Sahara is ending […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/04/featured-8000km-8616341018_2021cd4906_z-150x150.jpg "8000 KM !")
![When leaving Ali, Dakhla, and the good times behind, I make a detour through the south of the city and the bike shops. I have now 3 “cuts” on the […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/03/featured-south-western-sahara-DSC_7566-150x150.jpg "Until the south of the Western Sahara")
![“Hide your Moroccan flag until you get out of the city” tells me in Spanish a man passing by, as I am re-packing in Laayoune in the early morning before […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/03/featured-swallowing-kilometers-DSC_7407-150x150.jpg "Sahara: Swallowing kilometers")
![I leave Tan-Tan plage quite late and my objective is still to cycle across the Sahara. There are 200 kilometers until Tarfaya and those should be more “desertic” than the […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/03/featured-winds-of-change-DSC_7137-150x150.jpg "Sahara: Winds of change")
![I just reached 7000 km while leaving the peninsula of Dakhla. Those last 1000 km were entirely cycled in the desert, and it’s far from being finished. Sahara on my […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/03/20130318_009_s-150x150.jpg "7000 KM !")
![After spending the whole morning cleaning and oiling my bike, thus avoiding to carry any longer the mud and little stones from 500 km ago, I can start my short […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/03/featured-entering-sahara-DSC_6970-150x150.jpg "Entering the Sahara")
![Hassan wakes me up at 7, so I am packed and on the road at 8 am already. That allows me to see the sun waking up over Azaghar n’Irs […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/03/featured-tafraoute-DSC_6776-150x150.jpg "More Anti-Atlas until the coast")
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
![After taking some very bad roads in Sierra Leone, crossing many improvised rivers, collecting big ant bites, I am this morning at the gates of Monrovia, Liberia, after cycling 12000 […]](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20115%20115'%3E%3C/svg%3E "12000 KM !")
12000 KM !
Posted on July 12, 2013 | 1 CommentAfter taking some very bad roads in Sierra Leone, crossing many improvised rivers, collecting big ant bites, I am this morning at the gates of Monrovia, Liberia, after cycling 12000 […]Internet in Africa
Posted on June 30, 2013 | 3 CommentsIt has been now 3 weeks since I left Ziguinchor in Senegal. Since then, I cycled through the cashew fields of Guinea Bissau, and up and down in the Fouta […]11000 KM !
Posted on June 24, 2013 | 6 CommentsAnd one more, 11000 kilometers on the piste between Guinea and Sierra Leone. The rainy season has started and the sky will no more be perfectly blue. No more sand […]Cycling Mauritania video
Posted on June 21, 2013 | 1 CommentMauritania was rather short and I didn’t spend time wandering around. As a result, I have taken only a few videos, full of wind and sand. All in all, it’s […]Cycling the Sahara video
Posted on June 18, 2013 | 1 CommentFrom Guelmim to Nouakchott, that’s 2000 km of desert. When the wind is friendly, riding the unique road of the Sahara along the Atlantic coast is a pleasure. For more […]Mango street, Casamance
Posted on June 15, 2013 | 4 CommentsThe Casamance is the region of Senegal separated from the main part of the country by The Gambia. It has a long history of rebels and the French government advises […]The Gambia
Posted on June 12, 2013 | 7 CommentsSenegal and Gambia should be very similar. As I was told several times, “we are the same people“, and it makes sense. The only differences would come from what the […]10000 KM !
Posted on June 11, 2013 | 4 CommentsTen thousand kilometers reached on my first day cycling in Guinea-Bissau! I celebrated it eating the fruits of the photo. Cashew fruits are not really supposed to be eaten, but […]Sine-Saloum, sea, sand and sun
Posted on June 9, 2013 | No CommentsI leave Toubab Dialaw rather late as my next spot is Warang just near Mbour, where I was offered to stay the night in the house of Maryse and Toni. […]Dakar workshop
Posted on June 7, 2013 | 4 CommentsThe saying “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone” is proven to be true so far, but it doesn’t mention that comfort zones are very tricky. Nicolas had […]A second long break
Posted on June 5, 2013 | 2 CommentsAfter almost 3 months in Morocco, cycling across the Sahara and a bit of wandering in the hot interior of Senegal, I settled near Dakar, in Mboro, where I could […]Cycling Morocco in between the Atlas, video
Posted on May 27, 2013 | 5 CommentsWith almost three months spent in Morocco, I went through hard but rewarding times across the various Atlas ranges of the country. I tried to include all the breathtaking landscapes in this […]9000 KM !
Posted on May 23, 2013 | 3 CommentsI reached the 9000 km milestone leaving Mboro this morning. Nothing special as I stopped at 8996 km before taking a long break. Instead of an achievement, it feels more […]Cycling Spain video
Posted on May 18, 2013 | 1 CommentCycling from Andorra to Morocco in December, through the beautiful landscapes of the Pirineus and Andalusia.Cycling France video
Posted on May 6, 2013 | 1 CommentA long time after leaving the snow and cold European winter, this is the compilation of the videos taken in France:A desert on the coast
Posted on April 30, 2013 | 1 CommentThe temperatures are decent in the morning and I will be able to start with pleasant kilometers. Once the sun is hitting my bike and panniers, right above my head, […]On the tracks of Serigne Touba
Posted on April 27, 2013 | No CommentsAfter saying goodbye to the people from the Thiagar rice company who helped me, I finish the last 4 km of piste to find the asphalt again in Rosso Senegal. […]Saint-Louis and the birds of Djoudj
Posted on April 25, 2013 | 3 CommentsAfter a couple of days resting in Saint-Louis, under no rush of any visa since Senegal, like Morocco, allows me to stay for 3 months, I can head to Dakar. […]The road to Diama
Posted on April 16, 2013 | 3 CommentsIn order to leave Nouakchott without the traffic, where the taxis stop anywhere and overtake from both sides, I head directly to the coast from the Auberge Sahara and take […]Food and water to cycle across the Sahara desert
Posted on April 13, 2013 | 11 CommentsBefore starting cycling this very long road of 2000 kilometers between Guelmim, the gate of the Sahara in the north, and Nouakchott in Mauritania, I wanted to know if I […]Nouadhibou to Nouakchott, the Mauritanian desert
Posted on April 10, 2013 | 9 CommentsMy initial plan for leaving Nouadhibou was to take the train until Choum, then a truck until Atar, then the desert road until Nouakchott. There are two desert roads: from […]Nouadhibou
Posted on April 7, 2013 | 5 CommentsThe power is down also in the morning, so I must skip the shower again. The whole city being deprived of electricity also means that no internet café will be […]From Morocco to Mauritania
Posted on April 4, 2013 | 18 CommentsIn the morning, the strong wind pushes me quickly through the last 35 kilometers until the border. After 2400 kilometers cycled in Morocco and 1400 km in Western Sahara, I […]8000 KM !
Posted on April 3, 2013 | 1 CommentNot too long after the previous kilomilestone, I reached yesterday the 8000 km mark between Nouakchott and Tiguent, on my way to the border with Senegal. The Sahara is ending […]Until the south of the Western Sahara
Posted on April 1, 2013 | 3 CommentsWhen leaving Ali, Dakhla, and the good times behind, I make a detour through the south of the city and the bike shops. I have now 3 “cuts” on the […]Sahara: Swallowing kilometers
Posted on March 23, 2013 | 4 Comments“Hide your Moroccan flag until you get out of the city” tells me in Spanish a man passing by, as I am re-packing in Laayoune in the early morning before […]Sahara: Winds of change
Posted on March 20, 2013 | 5 CommentsI leave Tan-Tan plage quite late and my objective is still to cycle across the Sahara. There are 200 kilometers until Tarfaya and those should be more “desertic” than the […]7000 KM !
Posted on March 18, 2013 | 6 CommentsI just reached 7000 km while leaving the peninsula of Dakhla. Those last 1000 km were entirely cycled in the desert, and it’s far from being finished. Sahara on my […]Entering the Sahara
Posted on March 15, 2013 | 2 CommentsAfter spending the whole morning cleaning and oiling my bike, thus avoiding to carry any longer the mud and little stones from 500 km ago, I can start my short […]More Anti-Atlas until the coast
Posted on March 8, 2013 | 4 CommentsHassan wakes me up at 7, so I am packed and on the road at 8 am already. That allows me to see the sun waking up over Azaghar n’Irs […]
