![Summary – Visas for Africa 2013-2014 – West Coast countries Here is a summary of my visa applications per country (as a EU (France) passport holder), mentioning place of application, cost, waiting time, […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2016/02/paperwork-visa-featured-150x150.jpg "Visas")
![South Africa, my last country! I almost made it! I am only 700 km away from Cape Town, at the bottom of the continent. But let’s not celebrate yet, since […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2015/03/featured_SA-lastcountry-kamieskroon_6412-150x150.jpg "Into South Africa, the last country")
![I was doing my business on a large rock this morning, with a view on the Ruacana dam lake, when a small crocodile ran past me! I must have surprised […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/05/featured-ruacana_1324-150x150.jpg "Ruacana")
![This part of Africa on the Atlantic coast is quite tricky: between the southern parallels 5° and 6°, from Pointe-Noire (Congo) to Soyo (Angola), there are three border crossings within […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/03/featured-chata-cabinda-soyo_8547-150x150.jpg "Congo – Cabinda – DRC – Angola, quite an adventure")
![We leave Gabon without having seen any elephant, and with the hope of finding more food in Congo. The Gabonese immigration post is in Boumango, 17 kilometers before the real […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/02/featured-first-steps-congo_7518-150x150.jpg "First steps in Congo")
![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")
![I am now well advanced through Nigeria, I went around the Delta region and I can aim for Calabar. I am no more an Oyihbo but an Oniotsha now, this […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/11/featured-calabar-3890-150x150.jpg "Calabar, the gateway out of Nigeria")
![– “You won’t cycle 20 km in Nigeria before they attack you.” – “You plan to go camping there? Haha, they’ll find your body and sell your organs.” – “Don’t […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/11/featured-nigeria-to-go-or-not_3288-150x150.jpg "Nigeria: to go or not to go")
![Waking up to a techno remix of Feliz Navidad / Merry Christmas song is not the best way to start a day. But François walks me to the exit of […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/10/featured-benin-entrance-DSC_2799-150x150.jpg "Benin for culture and more bad roads")
![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")
![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")
![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")
![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")
![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")
![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")
![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")
![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")
![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")
![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")
![Gibraltar is in mind when I get up, this bit of UK at the southern tip of Spain. Leaving Los Angeles on flat roads gives me a feeling of easiness […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/01/featured-gates-to-africa-IMG_1416-150x150.jpg "The gates to Africa")
![Today is “the day”. The day I have been anxious about during the past week. It only consists in doing 50 km until Andorra-la-Vella, crossing the border between France and […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2012/12/featured-portdenvalira-DSC_2737-150x150.jpg "Crossing at the highest of the Pyrénées")
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![Summary – Visas for Africa 2013-2014 – West Coast countries Here is a summary of my visa applications per country (as a EU (France) passport holder), mentioning place of application, cost, waiting time, […]](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20115%20115'%3E%3C/svg%3E "Visas")
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Posted on February 12, 2016 | No CommentsSummary – Visas for Africa 2013-2014 – West Coast countries Here is a summary of my visa applications per country (as a EU (France) passport holder), mentioning place of application, cost, waiting time, […]Into South Africa, the last country
Posted on April 1, 2015 | 7 CommentsSouth Africa, my last country! I almost made it! I am only 700 km away from Cape Town, at the bottom of the continent. But let’s not celebrate yet, since […]Ruacana
Posted on May 20, 2014 | 4 CommentsI was doing my business on a large rock this morning, with a view on the Ruacana dam lake, when a small crocodile ran past me! I must have surprised […]Congo – Cabinda – DRC – Angola, quite an adventure
Posted on March 26, 2014 | 20 CommentsThis part of Africa on the Atlantic coast is quite tricky: between the southern parallels 5° and 6°, from Pointe-Noire (Congo) to Soyo (Angola), there are three border crossings within […]First steps in Congo
Posted on February 16, 2014 | No CommentsWe leave Gabon without having seen any elephant, and with the hope of finding more food in Congo. The Gabonese immigration post is in Boumango, 17 kilometers before the real […]Yaoundé and the South
Posted on January 26, 2014 | 3 CommentsYaoundé 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 […]Calabar, the gateway out of Nigeria
Posted on November 28, 2013 | 11 CommentsI am now well advanced through Nigeria, I went around the Delta region and I can aim for Calabar. I am no more an Oyihbo but an Oniotsha now, this […]Nigeria: to go or not to go
Posted on November 8, 2013 | 11 Comments– “You won’t cycle 20 km in Nigeria before they attack you.” – “You plan to go camping there? Haha, they’ll find your body and sell your organs.” – “Don’t […]Benin for culture and more bad roads
Posted on October 27, 2013 | 2 CommentsWaking up to a techno remix of Feliz Navidad / Merry Christmas song is not the best way to start a day. But François walks me to the exit of […]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 […]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 […]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 […]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 […]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 […]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 […]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 […]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. […]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 […]From Morocco to Mauritania
Posted on April 4, 2013 | 19 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 […]The gates to Africa
Posted on January 21, 2013 | 5 CommentsGibraltar is in mind when I get up, this bit of UK at the southern tip of Spain. Leaving Los Angeles on flat roads gives me a feeling of easiness […]Crossing at the highest of the Pyrénées
Posted on December 11, 2012 | No CommentsToday is “the day”. The day I have been anxious about during the past week. It only consists in doing 50 km until Andorra-la-Vella, crossing the border between France and […]
