![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")
![September 2014: I have already completed my cycling journey, safe and sound until Cape Town, but I didn’t finish blogging yet. It’s been two months since I left Windhoek and, […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/09/featured_spreetshoogte_4497-150x150.jpg "Dropping into the desert via the Spreetshoogte pass")
![My break at the Kunene river lodge is like living another life. In a short week staying there, I enjoy delicious breakfasts over the Cunene river and I can blog facing […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/05/featured_himba-IMG_0220-150x150.jpg "The Himba of Namibia")
![What will the dirt road look like after all the rain? Lightnings struck almost all night long. It was one of the most violent weather I have seen on my […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/05/featured-cunene-flood_1121-150x150.jpg "Cunene, the last province of Angola")
![A mob of youngsters arresting me? That’s what’s happening for the same usual silly reason: the obsession with the control of papers of anyone in Angola. My shortcut […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/05/featured-huila-jau_1048-150x150.jpg "Beautiful Huíla and Southern Angola")
![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 […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/04/featured_caluquembe_0213-150x150.jpg "Angola, where I am called Chinese all the time")
![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 […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/04/featured-balombo_9920-150x150.jpg "The Abominable Cyclingman")
![It has already been 20 days in Angola and I haven’t even cycled halfway through the country. I knew it would be tough to reach Namibia within 30 days, and […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/04/featured-ukuseles_9751-150x150.jpg "Through a maze of cornfields")
![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 in […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/04/featured-road-didnt-exist_9544-150x150.jpg "The road that didn’t exist")
![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 […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/03/featured-dembos-hills_9278-150x150.jpg "Tough roads and police in the Dembos hills")
![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")
![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")
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![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 […]](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20115%20115'%3E%3C/svg%3E "The D707, a fashionable notion of remoteness")
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 […]Dropping into the desert via the Spreetshoogte pass
Posted on September 30, 2014 | 4 CommentsSeptember 2014: I have already completed my cycling journey, safe and sound until Cape Town, but I didn’t finish blogging yet. It’s been two months since I left Windhoek and, […]The Himba of Namibia
Posted on May 23, 2014 | 3 CommentsMy break at the Kunene river lodge is like living another life. In a short week staying there, I enjoy delicious breakfasts over the Cunene river and I can blog facing […]Cunene, the last province of Angola
Posted on May 17, 2014 | 2 CommentsWhat will the dirt road look like after all the rain? Lightnings struck almost all night long. It was one of the most violent weather I have seen on my […]Beautiful Huíla and Southern Angola
Posted on May 14, 2014 | 1 CommentA mob of youngsters arresting me? That’s what’s happening for the same usual silly reason: the obsession with the control of papers of anyone in Angola. My shortcut […]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 […]Through a maze of cornfields
Posted on April 18, 2014 | 2 CommentsIt has already been 20 days in Angola and I haven’t even cycled halfway through the country. I knew it would be tough to reach Namibia within 30 days, and […]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 in […]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 […]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, […]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 […]
