![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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Visas
Posted on February 12, 2016 | No Comments 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, […] Into South Africa, the last country
Posted on April 1, 2015 | 7 Comments 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 […] Ruacana
Posted on May 20, 2014 | 4 Comments 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 […] Congo – Cabinda – DRC – Angola, quite an adventure
Posted on March 26, 2014 | 20 Comments 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 […] First steps in Congo
Posted on February 16, 2014 | No Comments 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 […] Yaoundé and the South
Posted on January 26, 2014 | 3 Comments 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 […] Calabar, the gateway out of Nigeria
Posted on November 28, 2013 | 11 Comments 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 […] 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 Comments 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 […] Togo
Posted on October 24, 2013 | 3 Comments 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 […] 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 […] Dirt and asphalt until Ghana
Posted on October 8, 2013 | 2 Comments 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 […] Northern Liberia
Posted on September 26, 2013 | 3 Comments 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 […] The rainy season in Sierra Leone
Posted on September 2, 2013 | 4 Comments 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 […] Guinea-Bissau from west to east
Posted on July 25, 2013 | 3 Comments 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 […] Bissau, the cashew republic
Posted on July 22, 2013 | 2 Comments 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 […] Mango street, Casamance
Posted on June 15, 2013 | 4 Comments 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 […] Sine-Saloum, sea, sand and sun
Posted on June 9, 2013 | No Comments 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. […] The road to Diama
Posted on April 16, 2013 | 3 Comments 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 […] From Morocco to Mauritania
Posted on April 4, 2013 | 18 Comments 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 […] The gates to Africa
Posted on January 21, 2013 | 5 Comments 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 […] Crossing at the highest of the Pyrénées
Posted on December 11, 2012 | No Comments 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 […]
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Visas
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 | 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 […]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 […]
