![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 […]](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 Comments 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 […] The Southern Namib
Posted on January 7, 2015 | 5 Comments 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 […] Solitaire
Posted on November 4, 2014 | No Comments 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 […] Dropping into the desert via the Spreetshoogte pass
Posted on September 30, 2014 | 4 Comments 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, […] The Himba of Namibia
Posted on May 23, 2014 | 2 Comments 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 […] Cunene, the last province of Angola
Posted on May 17, 2014 | 2 Comments 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 […] Beautiful Huíla and Southern Angola
Posted on May 14, 2014 | 1 Comment 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 […] 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 […] Through a maze of cornfields
Posted on April 18, 2014 | 2 Comments 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 […] The road that didn’t exist
Posted on April 14, 2014 | 5 Comments 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 […] 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 […] Across columns of driver ants
Posted on February 20, 2014 | 1 Comment 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, […] 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 […]
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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 | 2 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 […]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 […]
