![Very close to the end, I reached yesterday my 26000th kilometer, in South Africa, in the hills of Namakwaland. The tough but scenic 90 km on gravel brought me for […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/08/20140819_26000km-s-150x150.jpg "26000 KM, the last kilomilestone!")
![And another kilomilestone, 25000 KM today! It’s now less than 900 km to Cape Town as the crow flies. I’m in Aus, a village in Southern Namibia, the first village […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/07/20140726_25000km_s-150x150.jpg "25000 KM !")
![And 24000 KM in the Swakop valley on the way to Windhoek. I woke up today in my tent in what is called “moon landscape”. Luckily I didn’t get a […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/06/20140609_001-150x150.jpg "24000 KM !")
![After a long break in Tsumeb, I am on the road again and reached 23000 KM between Otjiwarongo and Outjo. I am on my way to the coast and Swakopmund […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/05/20140522_004_23000km_s-150x150.jpg "23000 KM !")
![I am reaching 22000 KM just as I exit Angola after close to 3000 kilometers in the country. I think I took all the worst roads I could there. Angola […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/03/20140322_004_22000km_s-150x150.jpg "22000 KM !")
![That is more than half a round the world journey (Earth’s circumference at the Equator: 40075 km) and, still riding the least frequented dirt roads when possible, my equipment is […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/02/20140227_001_21000km_s-150x150.jpg "21000 KM !")
![Twenty thousand kilometers and still on the road. Angola is a cycling paradise, with stunning landscapes and many brand new (Chinese) roads. Yet, avoiding the traffic and the very expensive […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/02/20140212_002_s_20000km-150x150.jpg "20000 KM !")
![19000 KM completed in my 20th country, Congo, in the massif du Mayombe, just before reaching Pointe-Noire. We didn’t really stop since Cameroon, and together with the poor connections in […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/01/20140111_002_s_19000km-150x150.jpg "19000 KM !")
![Right in the middle of the jungle of Gabon, the counter is now at 18000 kilometers. Where we left this morning, a village of 2 inhabitants, the previous village with […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/12/20131223_002_s_18000km-150x150.jpg "18000 KM !")
![After the rough roads of the ring road in the North West region, Cyril joined me again and we are heading to Yaoundé via dirt roads only. It takes a […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/12/20131203_004_s_17000km-150x150.jpg "17000 KM !")
![Sixteen thousand kilometers today, in the hills near Nkongsamba of the South West region of Cameroon. At almost 1000m high, the weather is chill and rainy. I broke a pedal […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/11/20131112_005_s_16000km-150x150.jpg "16000 KM !")
![I had estimated my whole journey until Cape Town to last 1 year and about 15000 kilometers. At 355 days today, I cycled indeed 15000 km, but I am still […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/10/20131023_008_15000km_s-150x150.jpg "15000 KM !")
![Lake Volta is one of the largest man-made lakes in the world, and I reached yesterday 14000 km near the Akosombo dam which harnesses the Volta river. I am now […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/09/20130921_009_s_14000km-150x150.jpg "14000 KM !")
![The highway Yamoussoukro-Abidjan is almost finished and I can cycle at the speed of light (for a photon on a saddle) on the empty lanes. Ivory Coast is very good […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/08/20130831_003b_s_13000km-150x150.jpg "13000 KM !")
![After taking some very bad roads in Sierra Leone, crossing many improvised rivers, collecting big ant bites, I am this morning at the gates of Monrovia, Liberia, after cycling 12000 […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/07/20130712_003_12000km_s-150x150.jpg "12000 KM !")
![And one more, 11000 kilometers on the piste between Guinea and Sierra Leone. The rainy season has started and the sky will no more be perfectly blue. No more sand […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/06/20130624_002_11000km_s-150x150.jpg "11000 KM !")
![Ten thousand kilometers reached on my first day cycling in Guinea-Bissau! I celebrated it eating the fruits of the photo. Cashew fruits are not really supposed to be eaten, but […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/06/20130609_007_10000km-25-150x150.jpg "10000 KM !")
![I reached the 9000 km milestone leaving Mboro this morning. Nothing special as I stopped at 8996 km before taking a long break. Instead of an achievement, it feels more […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/05/featured_9000km_DSC_8448-150x150.jpg "9000 KM !")
![Not too long after the previous kilomilestone, I reached yesterday the 8000 km mark between Nouakchott and Tiguent, on my way to the border with Senegal. The Sahara is ending […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/04/featured-8000km-8616341018_2021cd4906_z-150x150.jpg "8000 KM !")
![I just reached 7000 km while leaving the peninsula of Dakhla. Those last 1000 km were entirely cycled in the desert, and it’s far from being finished. Sahara on my […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/03/20130318_009_s-150x150.jpg "7000 KM !")
![I hit 6000 km on the road a bit before Tan Tan, in the Sahara. The heat, the raindrops, the sand in the mouth, the fast trucks on a narrow […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/03/20130306_003-150x150.jpg "6000 KM !")
![I passed my 3000 km milestone today in the Alpujarras, halfway between Grenada and Almería, halfway between the Sierra Nevada and the Mediterranean Sea. Well, actually all I see is […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2012/12/20121224_001-150x150.jpg "3000 KM !")
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![Very close to the end, I reached yesterday my 26000th kilometer, in South Africa, in the hills of Namakwaland. The tough but scenic 90 km on gravel brought me for […]](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20115%20115'%3E%3C/svg%3E "26000 KM, the last kilomilestone!")
26000 KM, the last kilomilestone!
Posted on August 20, 2014 | 12 Comments Very close to the end, I reached yesterday my 26000th kilometer, in South Africa, in the hills of Namakwaland. The tough but scenic 90 km on gravel brought me for […] 25000 KM !
Posted on July 27, 2014 | 8 Comments And another kilomilestone, 25000 KM today! It’s now less than 900 km to Cape Town as the crow flies. I’m in Aus, a village in Southern Namibia, the first village […] 24000 KM !
Posted on June 10, 2014 | 1 Comment And 24000 KM in the Swakop valley on the way to Windhoek. I woke up today in my tent in what is called “moon landscape”. Luckily I didn’t get a […] 23000 KM !
Posted on May 22, 2014 | 3 Comments After a long break in Tsumeb, I am on the road again and reached 23000 KM between Otjiwarongo and Outjo. I am on my way to the coast and Swakopmund […] 22000 KM !
Posted on March 22, 2014 | 2 Comments I am reaching 22000 KM just as I exit Angola after close to 3000 kilometers in the country. I think I took all the worst roads I could there. Angola […] 21000 KM !
Posted on February 28, 2014 | 2 Comments That is more than half a round the world journey (Earth’s circumference at the Equator: 40075 km) and, still riding the least frequented dirt roads when possible, my equipment is […] 20000 KM !
Posted on February 13, 2014 | 2 Comments Twenty thousand kilometers and still on the road. Angola is a cycling paradise, with stunning landscapes and many brand new (Chinese) roads. Yet, avoiding the traffic and the very expensive […] 19000 KM !
Posted on January 11, 2014 | 3 Comments 19000 KM completed in my 20th country, Congo, in the massif du Mayombe, just before reaching Pointe-Noire. We didn’t really stop since Cameroon, and together with the poor connections in […] 18000 KM !
Posted on December 23, 2013 | 4 Comments Right in the middle of the jungle of Gabon, the counter is now at 18000 kilometers. Where we left this morning, a village of 2 inhabitants, the previous village with […] 17000 KM !
Posted on December 3, 2013 | 4 Comments After the rough roads of the ring road in the North West region, Cyril joined me again and we are heading to Yaoundé via dirt roads only. It takes a […] 16000 KM !
Posted on November 13, 2013 | 1 Comment Sixteen thousand kilometers today, in the hills near Nkongsamba of the South West region of Cameroon. At almost 1000m high, the weather is chill and rainy. I broke a pedal […] 15000 KM !
Posted on October 23, 2013 | 1 Comment I had estimated my whole journey until Cape Town to last 1 year and about 15000 kilometers. At 355 days today, I cycled indeed 15000 km, but I am still […] 14000 KM !
Posted on September 22, 2013 | No Comments Lake Volta is one of the largest man-made lakes in the world, and I reached yesterday 14000 km near the Akosombo dam which harnesses the Volta river. I am now […] 13000 KM !
Posted on August 31, 2013 | No Comments The highway Yamoussoukro-Abidjan is almost finished and I can cycle at the speed of light (for a photon on a saddle) on the empty lanes. Ivory Coast is very good […] 12000 KM !
Posted on July 12, 2013 | 1 Comment After taking some very bad roads in Sierra Leone, crossing many improvised rivers, collecting big ant bites, I am this morning at the gates of Monrovia, Liberia, after cycling 12000 […] 11000 KM !
Posted on June 24, 2013 | 6 Comments And one more, 11000 kilometers on the piste between Guinea and Sierra Leone. The rainy season has started and the sky will no more be perfectly blue. No more sand […] 10000 KM !
Posted on June 11, 2013 | 4 Comments Ten thousand kilometers reached on my first day cycling in Guinea-Bissau! I celebrated it eating the fruits of the photo. Cashew fruits are not really supposed to be eaten, but […] 9000 KM !
Posted on May 23, 2013 | 3 Comments I reached the 9000 km milestone leaving Mboro this morning. Nothing special as I stopped at 8996 km before taking a long break. Instead of an achievement, it feels more […] 8000 KM !
Posted on April 3, 2013 | 1 Comment Not too long after the previous kilomilestone, I reached yesterday the 8000 km mark between Nouakchott and Tiguent, on my way to the border with Senegal. The Sahara is ending […] 7000 KM !
Posted on March 18, 2013 | 6 Comments I just reached 7000 km while leaving the peninsula of Dakhla. Those last 1000 km were entirely cycled in the desert, and it’s far from being finished. Sahara on my […] 6000 KM !
Posted on March 6, 2013 | No Comments I hit 6000 km on the road a bit before Tan Tan, in the Sahara. The heat, the raindrops, the sand in the mouth, the fast trucks on a narrow […] 5000 KM !
Posted on February 17, 2013 | 1 Comment 5000 kilometers completed while cycling down the valley and gorges of Dadès from high cold in the High Atlas. 4000 KM !
Posted on February 1, 2013 | 2 Comments The 4000 km milestone while leaving Fès for Imouzzer and the Middle Atlas. Soon time to dig in my panniers for hat and gloves. 3000 KM !
Posted on December 24, 2012 | 1 Comment I passed my 3000 km milestone today in the Alpujarras, halfway between Grenada and Almería, halfway between the Sierra Nevada and the Mediterranean Sea. Well, actually all I see is […] 2000 KM !
Posted on December 11, 2012 | 2 Comments I passed the milestone in the afternoon while leaving Barcelona. I won 2000 km and the right to continue. 1000 KM !
Posted on November 23, 2012 | 2 Comments And what for a 1000th kilometer! Cycled yesterday evening over the pass of the Pas de Peyrol at 1589 m, in the middle of a stratovolcano in the Massif Central.
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26000 KM, the last kilomilestone!
Posted on August 20, 2014 | 12 CommentsVery close to the end, I reached yesterday my 26000th kilometer, in South Africa, in the hills of Namakwaland. The tough but scenic 90 km on gravel brought me for […]25000 KM !
Posted on July 27, 2014 | 8 CommentsAnd another kilomilestone, 25000 KM today! It’s now less than 900 km to Cape Town as the crow flies. I’m in Aus, a village in Southern Namibia, the first village […]24000 KM !
Posted on June 10, 2014 | 1 CommentAnd 24000 KM in the Swakop valley on the way to Windhoek. I woke up today in my tent in what is called “moon landscape”. Luckily I didn’t get a […]23000 KM !
Posted on May 22, 2014 | 3 CommentsAfter a long break in Tsumeb, I am on the road again and reached 23000 KM between Otjiwarongo and Outjo. I am on my way to the coast and Swakopmund […]22000 KM !
Posted on March 22, 2014 | 2 CommentsI am reaching 22000 KM just as I exit Angola after close to 3000 kilometers in the country. I think I took all the worst roads I could there. Angola […]21000 KM !
Posted on February 28, 2014 | 2 CommentsThat is more than half a round the world journey (Earth’s circumference at the Equator: 40075 km) and, still riding the least frequented dirt roads when possible, my equipment is […]20000 KM !
Posted on February 13, 2014 | 2 CommentsTwenty thousand kilometers and still on the road. Angola is a cycling paradise, with stunning landscapes and many brand new (Chinese) roads. Yet, avoiding the traffic and the very expensive […]19000 KM !
Posted on January 11, 2014 | 3 Comments19000 KM completed in my 20th country, Congo, in the massif du Mayombe, just before reaching Pointe-Noire. We didn’t really stop since Cameroon, and together with the poor connections in […]18000 KM !
Posted on December 23, 2013 | 4 CommentsRight in the middle of the jungle of Gabon, the counter is now at 18000 kilometers. Where we left this morning, a village of 2 inhabitants, the previous village with […]17000 KM !
Posted on December 3, 2013 | 4 CommentsAfter the rough roads of the ring road in the North West region, Cyril joined me again and we are heading to Yaoundé via dirt roads only. It takes a […]16000 KM !
Posted on November 13, 2013 | 1 CommentSixteen thousand kilometers today, in the hills near Nkongsamba of the South West region of Cameroon. At almost 1000m high, the weather is chill and rainy. I broke a pedal […]15000 KM !
Posted on October 23, 2013 | 1 CommentI had estimated my whole journey until Cape Town to last 1 year and about 15000 kilometers. At 355 days today, I cycled indeed 15000 km, but I am still […]14000 KM !
Posted on September 22, 2013 | No CommentsLake Volta is one of the largest man-made lakes in the world, and I reached yesterday 14000 km near the Akosombo dam which harnesses the Volta river. I am now […]13000 KM !
Posted on August 31, 2013 | No CommentsThe highway Yamoussoukro-Abidjan is almost finished and I can cycle at the speed of light (for a photon on a saddle) on the empty lanes. Ivory Coast is very good […]12000 KM !
Posted on July 12, 2013 | 1 CommentAfter taking some very bad roads in Sierra Leone, crossing many improvised rivers, collecting big ant bites, I am this morning at the gates of Monrovia, Liberia, after cycling 12000 […]11000 KM !
Posted on June 24, 2013 | 6 CommentsAnd one more, 11000 kilometers on the piste between Guinea and Sierra Leone. The rainy season has started and the sky will no more be perfectly blue. No more sand […]10000 KM !
Posted on June 11, 2013 | 4 CommentsTen thousand kilometers reached on my first day cycling in Guinea-Bissau! I celebrated it eating the fruits of the photo. Cashew fruits are not really supposed to be eaten, but […]9000 KM !
Posted on May 23, 2013 | 3 CommentsI reached the 9000 km milestone leaving Mboro this morning. Nothing special as I stopped at 8996 km before taking a long break. Instead of an achievement, it feels more […]8000 KM !
Posted on April 3, 2013 | 1 CommentNot too long after the previous kilomilestone, I reached yesterday the 8000 km mark between Nouakchott and Tiguent, on my way to the border with Senegal. The Sahara is ending […]7000 KM !
Posted on March 18, 2013 | 6 CommentsI just reached 7000 km while leaving the peninsula of Dakhla. Those last 1000 km were entirely cycled in the desert, and it’s far from being finished. Sahara on my […]6000 KM !
Posted on March 6, 2013 | No CommentsI hit 6000 km on the road a bit before Tan Tan, in the Sahara. The heat, the raindrops, the sand in the mouth, the fast trucks on a narrow […]5000 KM !
Posted on February 17, 2013 | 1 Comment5000 kilometers completed while cycling down the valley and gorges of Dadès from high cold in the High Atlas.4000 KM !
Posted on February 1, 2013 | 2 CommentsThe 4000 km milestone while leaving Fès for Imouzzer and the Middle Atlas. Soon time to dig in my panniers for hat and gloves.3000 KM !
Posted on December 24, 2012 | 1 CommentI passed my 3000 km milestone today in the Alpujarras, halfway between Grenada and Almería, halfway between the Sierra Nevada and the Mediterranean Sea. Well, actually all I see is […]2000 KM !
Posted on December 11, 2012 | 2 CommentsI passed the milestone in the afternoon while leaving Barcelona. I won 2000 km and the right to continue.1000 KM !
Posted on November 23, 2012 | 2 CommentsAnd what for a 1000th kilometer! Cycled yesterday evening over the pass of the Pas de Peyrol at 1589 m, in the middle of a stratovolcano in the Massif Central.
