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Angola, where I am called Chinese all the time
Posted on May 2, 2014 | 2 Comments Once out of the main tar roads, Angola is a very pretty and quiet countryside. Luckily not spotted by anyone at my camping spot, I can enjoy a lazy morning. I […] The Abominable Cyclingman
Posted on April 27, 2014 | 3 Comments The worst conditions to apply new bandages on my ankles wounds are brought together this morning: sitting on a stone, holding my feet, I must fight with the chicken that […] Tough roads and police in the Dembos hills
Posted on April 3, 2014 | 2 Comments Scritch scritch scritch … I heard those noises all night long. It was the mice eating the newspapers used to decorate the walls of my rudimentary house. I slept very […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] Road checkpoints
Posted on August 7, 2013 | 3 Comments 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 […]
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Angola, where I am called Chinese all the time
Posted on May 2, 2014 | 2 CommentsOnce out of the main tar roads, Angola is a very pretty and quiet countryside. Luckily not spotted by anyone at my camping spot, I can enjoy a lazy morning. I […]The Abominable Cyclingman
Posted on April 27, 2014 | 3 CommentsThe worst conditions to apply new bandages on my ankles wounds are brought together this morning: sitting on a stone, holding my feet, I must fight with the chicken that […]Tough roads and police in the Dembos hills
Posted on April 3, 2014 | 2 CommentsScritch scritch scritch … I heard those noises all night long. It was the mice eating the newspapers used to decorate the walls of my rudimentary house. I slept very […]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 […]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 […]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 […]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 […]