![Three days to the end of the journey! I leave Amanda in Lambert’s Bay and continue onto the railway service road, that same nice gravel road cutting straight through the coastal landscape […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2015/03/featured_west-coast-road-150x150.jpg "The West Coast road")
![South Africa, my last country! I almost made it! I am only 700 km away from Cape Town, at the bottom of the continent. But let’s not celebrate yet, since […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2015/03/featured_SA-lastcountry-kamieskroon_6412-150x150.jpg "Into South Africa, the last country")
![I have barely seen any greenery in a long time, actually since I left Ovamboland in the north. Namibia has only two perennial rivers, the Cunene and the Orange, and […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2015/03/featured-orange-river_6166-150x150.jpg "Namibia’s best: cycling along the Orange river")
![Going back from Lüderitz, up to Aus, on that same an unique B4 road, I will this time stop often. Anyway, this time, the 120 km stretch with the gradient […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2015/02/featured_kolmanskop-150x150.jpg "Kolmanskop ghost town and the Namibian diamonds history")
![I find very interesting to learn about the Sperrgebiet for all the mystery that surrounds it. I already wrote a bit about it when I cycled through it from Aus. […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2015/02/featured_luderitz-peninsula-150x150.jpg "Looking for Sperrgebiet diamonds in the Lüderitz peninsula")
![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_4043-150x150.jpg "Uranium in the Namib-Naukluft desert")
![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_3251-150x150.jpg "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_2856-150x150.jpg "The desert elephants of the Brandberg")
![When I stopped for a few nights at the Etosha Café (can be called Etosha Kef with a local touch) in Tsumeb, I didn’t know that I would stay there for […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/05/featured_tsumeb_IMG0425-150x150.jpg "Tsumeb")
![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")
![The French consul takes us to the consulate of Congo in Franceville, and applying for a visa when he sits next to us becomes much easier: the usual requirements and […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/01/featured-exit-gabon_7299-150x150.jpg "Franceville, following in the footsteps of Brazza")
![The bees are absolutely everywhere. It is with good reason that the rainforest is called until Lastoursville “la forêt des abeilles”, the forest of the bees. They stick to my […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/01/featured-chinese-road_7100-150x150.jpg "When the Chinese build the roads")
![We prepare banku with Hannah on Sunday morning while the church songs can be heard all around. My plan is to head in the afternoon for the lake Bosomtwe. With […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/10/featured-bosomtwe-obuasi-DSC_2026-150x150.jpg "Bosomtwe and Obuasi")
![Ghana is one of the countries dubbed as “Africa for beginners“, where people are nice and where it is safe and easy to travel. It seems true so far, the […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/09/featured-ashanti-empire-DSC_1742-150x150.jpg "Into the Ashanti kingdom")
![Roy sends us off with a big bag of UN food from the neighbors, that looks very useful, with many goodies independently packaged. We can pursue our road up to […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/08/featured-north-liberia-DSC_0916-150x150.jpg "Northern Liberia")
![Janjay admits it now. While we are having breakfast on the shores of Lake Piso, watching the army of hermit crabs laying at the bottom of the clear waters, he […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/07/featured-liberia-bomi-DSC_0344-150x150.jpg "For a swim in the open pit of the Bomi blue lake")
![It is almost 8 am and we made sure to be ready with the desks and benches back in position. Unlike in Guinea, where they last four months, the school […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/07/featured-sierraleone-4-DSC_9713-150x150.jpg "Days rich in encounters")
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![Three days to the end of the journey! I leave Amanda in Lambert’s Bay and continue onto the railway service road, that same nice gravel road cutting straight through the coastal landscape […]](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20115%20115'%3E%3C/svg%3E "The West Coast road")
The West Coast road
Posted on April 28, 2015 | 1 Comment Three days to the end of the journey! I leave Amanda in Lambert’s Bay and continue onto the railway service road, that same nice gravel road cutting straight through the coastal landscape […] Into South Africa, the last country
Posted on April 1, 2015 | 7 Comments South Africa, my last country! I almost made it! I am only 700 km away from Cape Town, at the bottom of the continent. But let’s not celebrate yet, since […] Namibia’s best: cycling along the Orange river
Posted on March 26, 2015 | 2 Comments I have barely seen any greenery in a long time, actually since I left Ovamboland in the north. Namibia has only two perennial rivers, the Cunene and the Orange, and […] Kolmanskop ghost town and the Namibian diamonds history
Posted on February 18, 2015 | 8 Comments Going back from Lüderitz, up to Aus, on that same an unique B4 road, I will this time stop often. Anyway, this time, the 120 km stretch with the gradient […] Looking for Sperrgebiet diamonds in the Lüderitz peninsula
Posted on February 13, 2015 | 1 Comment I find very interesting to learn about the Sperrgebiet for all the mystery that surrounds it. I already wrote a bit about it when I cycled through it from Aus. […] Uranium in the Namib-Naukluft desert
Posted on July 15, 2014 | 2 Comments 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 […] Mining expedition in the desert of Brandberg West
Posted on July 5, 2014 | 10 Comments 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 […] The desert elephants of the Brandberg
Posted on July 1, 2014 | 13 Comments 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 […] Tsumeb
Posted on May 29, 2014 | 2 Comments When I stopped for a few nights at the Etosha Café (can be called Etosha Kef with a local touch) in Tsumeb, I didn’t know that I would stay there for […] 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 […] Franceville, following in the footsteps of Brazza
Posted on February 12, 2014 | 1 Comment The French consul takes us to the consulate of Congo in Franceville, and applying for a visa when he sits next to us becomes much easier: the usual requirements and […] When the Chinese build the roads
Posted on February 8, 2014 | 3 Comments The bees are absolutely everywhere. It is with good reason that the rainforest is called until Lastoursville “la forêt des abeilles”, the forest of the bees. They stick to my […] Bosomtwe and Obuasi
Posted on October 14, 2013 | 2 Comments We prepare banku with Hannah on Sunday morning while the church songs can be heard all around. My plan is to head in the afternoon for the lake Bosomtwe. With […] Into the Ashanti kingdom
Posted on October 11, 2013 | No Comments Ghana is one of the countries dubbed as “Africa for beginners“, where people are nice and where it is safe and easy to travel. It seems true so far, the […] Northern Liberia
Posted on September 26, 2013 | 3 Comments Roy sends us off with a big bag of UN food from the neighbors, that looks very useful, with many goodies independently packaged. We can pursue our road up to […] For a swim in the open pit of the Bomi blue lake
Posted on September 8, 2013 | 8 Comments Janjay admits it now. While we are having breakfast on the shores of Lake Piso, watching the army of hermit crabs laying at the bottom of the clear waters, he […] Days rich in encounters
Posted on August 24, 2013 | No Comments It is almost 8 am and we made sure to be ready with the desks and benches back in position. Unlike in Guinea, where they last four months, the school […]
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The West Coast road
Posted on April 28, 2015 | 1 CommentThree days to the end of the journey! I leave Amanda in Lambert’s Bay and continue onto the railway service road, that same nice gravel road cutting straight through the coastal landscape […]Into South Africa, the last country
Posted on April 1, 2015 | 7 CommentsSouth Africa, my last country! I almost made it! I am only 700 km away from Cape Town, at the bottom of the continent. But let’s not celebrate yet, since […]Namibia’s best: cycling along the Orange river
Posted on March 26, 2015 | 2 CommentsI have barely seen any greenery in a long time, actually since I left Ovamboland in the north. Namibia has only two perennial rivers, the Cunene and the Orange, and […]Kolmanskop ghost town and the Namibian diamonds history
Posted on February 18, 2015 | 8 CommentsGoing back from Lüderitz, up to Aus, on that same an unique B4 road, I will this time stop often. Anyway, this time, the 120 km stretch with the gradient […]Looking for Sperrgebiet diamonds in the Lüderitz peninsula
Posted on February 13, 2015 | 1 CommentI find very interesting to learn about the Sperrgebiet for all the mystery that surrounds it. I already wrote a bit about it when I cycled through it from Aus. […]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 […]Mining expedition in the desert of Brandberg West
Posted on July 5, 2014 | 10 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 […]Tsumeb
Posted on May 29, 2014 | 2 CommentsWhen I stopped for a few nights at the Etosha Café (can be called Etosha Kef with a local touch) in Tsumeb, I didn’t know that I would stay there for […]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 […]Franceville, following in the footsteps of Brazza
Posted on February 12, 2014 | 1 CommentThe French consul takes us to the consulate of Congo in Franceville, and applying for a visa when he sits next to us becomes much easier: the usual requirements and […]When the Chinese build the roads
Posted on February 8, 2014 | 3 CommentsThe bees are absolutely everywhere. It is with good reason that the rainforest is called until Lastoursville “la forêt des abeilles”, the forest of the bees. They stick to my […]Bosomtwe and Obuasi
Posted on October 14, 2013 | 2 CommentsWe prepare banku with Hannah on Sunday morning while the church songs can be heard all around. My plan is to head in the afternoon for the lake Bosomtwe. With […]Into the Ashanti kingdom
Posted on October 11, 2013 | No CommentsGhana is one of the countries dubbed as “Africa for beginners“, where people are nice and where it is safe and easy to travel. It seems true so far, the […]Northern Liberia
Posted on September 26, 2013 | 3 CommentsRoy sends us off with a big bag of UN food from the neighbors, that looks very useful, with many goodies independently packaged. We can pursue our road up to […]For a swim in the open pit of the Bomi blue lake
Posted on September 8, 2013 | 8 CommentsJanjay admits it now. While we are having breakfast on the shores of Lake Piso, watching the army of hermit crabs laying at the bottom of the clear waters, he […]Days rich in encounters
Posted on August 24, 2013 | No CommentsIt is almost 8 am and we made sure to be ready with the desks and benches back in position. Unlike in Guinea, where they last four months, the school […]
