![These are two videos I had forgotten to post, and that makes the last article of this website and adventure. In the first one, I have compiled the shots from cycling […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2015/08/vidAfricanCities_snapshot-150x150.jpg "Insane rides and animals")
![In Namibia more than in any other country, my first thought, as soon as I get out of the tent, is to squeeze my tires. And this morning again, my […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2015/01/featured_D707-150x150.jpg "The D707, a fashionable notion of remoteness")
![This morning in the desert of the remote Sesriem is dedicated to bike maintenance. It’s not because I am so close to my goal now, with the hardest adventure and […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/12/featured_southern.namib_-150x150.jpg "The Southern Namib")
![Solitaire is not solitaire as in “I am alone”, it is simply my next town in the Namib desert. But yes, indeed, it’s a remote lonely town. I tried to […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/10/featured_solitaire_4694_Namibia-150x150.jpg "Solitaire")
![Waking up in the desert is fantastic. As fantastic as it is terrible to find a wind shelter for setting up my tent. Luckily the wind went quiet during […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/07/featured_salt-road_3757-150x150.jpg "Cycling the salt road on the Skeleton Coast")
![“When you leave, come to me directly instead of going to the reception, okay?“, tells me the security guard of the Khorixas NWR rest camp as I am packing up. […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/06/featured_twyfelfontein_2734-150x150.jpg "Twyfelfontein, towards dryer lands")
![Namibia is not Gabon. You can’t just cycle through the Etosha National Park like I did through the Lope, with a few people saying “oh, and if there are elephants […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/05/featured_etosha-elephant_1945-150x150.jpg "Etosha National Park")
![More than half of the entire Namibian population lives in Ovamboland, on just 6% of the territory. The Ovambo are by far the country’s largest ethnic group, and the term […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/05/featured_oshakati-boring-road-DSC_1457-150x150.jpg "Ovamboland, the boring road")
![The fiber optic is in Dolisie since 2009, but it is connected to nothing. The internet cafés are slower than a 2G network. Since the youth can access Facebook on […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/02/featured-mayombe_7843-150x150.jpg "Le massif du Mayombe")
![The driver ants (also known as siafu ants, army ants) have been crossing crossing my dirt roads quite often, since West Africa. I am not sure exactly which species I have encountered, […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/02/featured-across-ants_7636-150x150.jpg "Across columns of driver ants")
![The inhabitants of Junkville didn’t spell a cast on us, and I didn’t hear a single story about “taper le diable”. The devil may be invisible, but the chief Daniel […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/02/featured-lope-NP_6651-150x150.jpg "Cycling through the Lope National Park")
![Gabon uses the CFA Franc, a currency to which I am well accustomed after visiting all the West African countries on the Atlantic coast. It is very useful to compare […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/01/featured-woleu-ntem-DSC_6096-150x150.jpg "Into Gabon, the Woleu-Ntem")
![Yaoundé makes a refreshing stop in Cameroon. Named after its German founder (Jaunde), the capital city spreads along the highway, from the north (presidential palace, embassy district), through the middle […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/01/featured-yaounde-DSC_5652-150x150.jpg "Yaoundé and the South")
![The northern part of the ring road is the toughest but is worth it for featuring the deadly Lake Nyos. After leaving Ndi Roland and Irene in Binka, I quickly […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/01/featured-ring-road-2on2-DSC_4993-150x150.jpg "The Ring Road (2/2)")
![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")
![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")
![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")
![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")
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![These are two videos I had forgotten to post, and that makes the last article of this website and adventure. In the first one, I have compiled the shots from cycling […]](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20115%20115'%3E%3C/svg%3E "Insane rides and animals")
Insane rides and animals
Posted on August 31, 2015 | 2 Comments These are two videos I had forgotten to post, and that makes the last article of this website and adventure. In the first one, I have compiled the shots from cycling […] The D707, a fashionable notion of remoteness
Posted on January 27, 2015 | 13 Comments In Namibia more than in any other country, my first thought, as soon as I get out of the tent, is to squeeze my tires. And this morning again, my […] The Southern Namib
Posted on January 7, 2015 | 5 Comments This morning in the desert of the remote Sesriem is dedicated to bike maintenance. It’s not because I am so close to my goal now, with the hardest adventure and […] Solitaire
Posted on November 4, 2014 | No Comments Solitaire is not solitaire as in “I am alone”, it is simply my next town in the Namib desert. But yes, indeed, it’s a remote lonely town. I tried to […] Cycling the salt road on the Skeleton Coast
Posted on July 10, 2014 | 6 Comments Waking up in the desert is fantastic. As fantastic as it is terrible to find a wind shelter for setting up my tent. Luckily the wind went quiet during […] Twyfelfontein, towards dryer lands
Posted on June 27, 2014 | 1 Comment “When you leave, come to me directly instead of going to the reception, okay?“, tells me the security guard of the Khorixas NWR rest camp as I am packing up. […] Etosha National Park
Posted on June 2, 2014 | 2 Comments Namibia is not Gabon. You can’t just cycle through the Etosha National Park like I did through the Lope, with a few people saying “oh, and if there are elephants […] Ovamboland, the boring road
Posted on May 26, 2014 | 5 Comments More than half of the entire Namibian population lives in Ovamboland, on just 6% of the territory. The Ovambo are by far the country’s largest ethnic group, and the term […] Le massif du Mayombe
Posted on February 24, 2014 | 1 Comment The fiber optic is in Dolisie since 2009, but it is connected to nothing. The internet cafés are slower than a 2G network. Since the youth can access Facebook on […] Across columns of driver ants
Posted on February 20, 2014 | 1 Comment The driver ants (also known as siafu ants, army ants) have been crossing crossing my dirt roads quite often, since West Africa. I am not sure exactly which species I have encountered, […] Cycling through the Lope National Park
Posted on February 5, 2014 | 1 Comment The inhabitants of Junkville didn’t spell a cast on us, and I didn’t hear a single story about “taper le diable”. The devil may be invisible, but the chief Daniel […] Into Gabon, the Woleu-Ntem
Posted on January 29, 2014 | 2 Comments Gabon uses the CFA Franc, a currency to which I am well accustomed after visiting all the West African countries on the Atlantic coast. It is very useful to compare […] Yaoundé and the South
Posted on January 26, 2014 | 1 Comment Yaoundé makes a refreshing stop in Cameroon. Named after its German founder (Jaunde), the capital city spreads along the highway, from the north (presidential palace, embassy district), through the middle […] The Ring Road (2/2)
Posted on January 17, 2014 | 3 Comments The northern part of the ring road is the toughest but is worth it for featuring the deadly Lake Nyos. After leaving Ndi Roland and Irene in Binka, I quickly […] The Volta region
Posted on October 21, 2013 | No Comments 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 […] Into the Ashanti kingdom
Posted on October 11, 2013 | No Comments 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 […] Robertsport, navigating through Liberia
Posted on September 6, 2013 | No Comments 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 […] The waterlogged roads to Tiwai Island
Posted on August 28, 2013 | 3 Comments 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 […] Days rich in encounters
Posted on August 24, 2013 | No Comments 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 […]
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Insane rides and animals
Posted on August 31, 2015 | 2 CommentsThese are two videos I had forgotten to post, and that makes the last article of this website and adventure. In the first one, I have compiled the shots from cycling […]The D707, a fashionable notion of remoteness
Posted on January 27, 2015 | 13 CommentsIn Namibia more than in any other country, my first thought, as soon as I get out of the tent, is to squeeze my tires. And this morning again, my […]The Southern Namib
Posted on January 7, 2015 | 5 CommentsThis morning in the desert of the remote Sesriem is dedicated to bike maintenance. It’s not because I am so close to my goal now, with the hardest adventure and […]Solitaire
Posted on November 4, 2014 | No CommentsSolitaire is not solitaire as in “I am alone”, it is simply my next town in the Namib desert. But yes, indeed, it’s a remote lonely town. I tried to […]Cycling the salt road on the Skeleton Coast
Posted on July 10, 2014 | 6 CommentsWaking up in the desert is fantastic. As fantastic as it is terrible to find a wind shelter for setting up my tent. Luckily the wind went quiet during […]Twyfelfontein, towards dryer lands
Posted on June 27, 2014 | 1 Comment“When you leave, come to me directly instead of going to the reception, okay?“, tells me the security guard of the Khorixas NWR rest camp as I am packing up. […]Etosha National Park
Posted on June 2, 2014 | 2 CommentsNamibia is not Gabon. You can’t just cycle through the Etosha National Park like I did through the Lope, with a few people saying “oh, and if there are elephants […]Ovamboland, the boring road
Posted on May 26, 2014 | 5 CommentsMore than half of the entire Namibian population lives in Ovamboland, on just 6% of the territory. The Ovambo are by far the country’s largest ethnic group, and the term […]Le massif du Mayombe
Posted on February 24, 2014 | 1 CommentThe fiber optic is in Dolisie since 2009, but it is connected to nothing. The internet cafés are slower than a 2G network. Since the youth can access Facebook on […]Across columns of driver ants
Posted on February 20, 2014 | 1 CommentThe driver ants (also known as siafu ants, army ants) have been crossing crossing my dirt roads quite often, since West Africa. I am not sure exactly which species I have encountered, […]Cycling through the Lope National Park
Posted on February 5, 2014 | 1 CommentThe inhabitants of Junkville didn’t spell a cast on us, and I didn’t hear a single story about “taper le diable”. The devil may be invisible, but the chief Daniel […]Into Gabon, the Woleu-Ntem
Posted on January 29, 2014 | 2 CommentsGabon uses the CFA Franc, a currency to which I am well accustomed after visiting all the West African countries on the Atlantic coast. It is very useful to compare […]Yaoundé and the South
Posted on January 26, 2014 | 1 CommentYaoundé makes a refreshing stop in Cameroon. Named after its German founder (Jaunde), the capital city spreads along the highway, from the north (presidential palace, embassy district), through the middle […]The Ring Road (2/2)
Posted on January 17, 2014 | 3 CommentsThe northern part of the ring road is the toughest but is worth it for featuring the deadly Lake Nyos. After leaving Ndi Roland and Irene in Binka, I quickly […]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 […]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 […]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 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 […]
