![The desert between Swakopmund and Windhoek, part of it in the Namib-Naukluft national park, is hiding lots of uranium. To continue with the mining in Namibia, having already visited two […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/07/featured_moonlandscape_4043-115x115.jpg?x80387 "Uranium in the Namib-Naukluft desert")
![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_3757-115x115.jpg?x80387 "Cycling the salt road on the Skeleton Coast")
![I’m ready for another expedition on a very little used track into Damaraland. My visit of the old Uis tin mine is leading me to another mine, the Brandberg West […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/07/featured_brandbergwest_3251-115x115.jpg?x80387 "Mining expedition in the desert of Brandberg West")
![I have no legs today when I wake up, despite yesterday being short (50 KM) and rather sightseeing than cycling. Maybe the Namibian tourist season is picking up, because the […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/07/featured_brandberg_2856-115x115.jpg?x80387 "The desert elephants of the Brandberg")
![I have received these last days two surprising emails from people who have found my blog, illustrating the magic of the internet. First, from Eric, who grew up in Cameroon, […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/06/featured_vingerklip_2532-115x115.jpg?x80387 "Vingerklip")
![Despite Angola having many very good and brand new roads, I think I am destined to cycle only the worst of them. When they still exist. I wake up […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/04/featured-road-didnt-exist_9544-115x115.jpg?x80387 "The road that didn’t exist")
![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-115x115.jpg?x80387 "A desert on the coast")
![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_7579-115x115.jpg?x80387 "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_7885-115x115.jpg?x80387 "Nouadhibou to Nouakchott, the Mauritanian desert")
![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_7630-115x115.jpg?x80387 "From Morocco to Mauritania")
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desert Archive
![The desert between Swakopmund and Windhoek, part of it in the Namib-Naukluft national park, is hiding lots of uranium. To continue with the mining in Namibia, having already visited two […]](//freewheely.com/wp-content/plugins/a3-lazy-load/assets/images/lazy_placeholder.gif?x80387 "Uranium in the Namib-Naukluft desert")
Uranium in the Namib-Naukluft desert
Posted on July 15, 2014 | 2 CommentsThe desert between Swakopmund and Windhoek, part of it in the Namib-Naukluft national park, is hiding lots of uranium. To continue with the mining in Namibia, having already visited two […]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 […]Mining expedition in the desert of Brandberg West
Posted on July 5, 2014 | 9 CommentsI’m ready for another expedition on a very little used track into Damaraland. My visit of the old Uis tin mine is leading me to another mine, the Brandberg West […]The desert elephants of the Brandberg
Posted on July 1, 2014 | 13 CommentsI have no legs today when I wake up, despite yesterday being short (50 KM) and rather sightseeing than cycling. Maybe the Namibian tourist season is picking up, because the […]Vingerklip
Posted on June 23, 2014 | 3 CommentsI have received these last days two surprising emails from people who have found my blog, illustrating the magic of the internet. First, from Eric, who grew up in Cameroon, […]The road that didn’t exist
Posted on April 14, 2014 | 5 CommentsDespite Angola having many very good and brand new roads, I think I am destined to cycle only the worst of them. When they still exist. I wake up […]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, […]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 | 7 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 […]From Morocco to Mauritania
Posted on April 4, 2013 | 16 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 […]
