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- Getting into the Alps
- Mountains, the nicest and the hardest
- Four departments to the west
- Through the Auvergne volcanos
- Montségur
- Live snow report from Spain
- The Col du Chioula
- Crossing at the highest of the Pyrénées
- Cerdanya with snow as introduction to Spain
- A nice alternative to the coast
- The fantastic roads of the Alpujarra
- The rainy Rif
- The Middle Atlas
- Up the Atlas through the Todra
- Down the Atlas through the Dadès
- Jbel Sarhro
- More Anti-Atlas until the coast
- Riding the edge of the Fouta Djalon
- The Volta region
- Around and on Mount Cameroon
- The Ring Road (1/2)
- The Ring Road (2/2)
- Into Bamoun country
- Le massif du Mayombe
- Tough roads and police in the Dembos hills
- Through a maze of cornfields
- Angola, where I am called Chinese all the time
- Tundavala
- Fantastic scenery around Lubango: Mucubals and Serra da Leba
- Vingerklip
All countries (by latitude)
- Before Departure (6)
- Switzerland (5)
- France (11)
- Andorra (1)
- Spain (16)
- Morocco (17)
- Sahara (9)
- Mauritania (7)
- Senegal (9)
- The Gambia (2)
- Guinea-Bissau (4)
- Guinea (6)
- Sierra Leone (8)
- Liberia (8)
- Ivory Coast (6)
- Ghana (6)
- Togo (2)
- Benin (4)
- Nigeria (7)
- Cameroon (11)
- Gabon (8)
- Congo (6)
- Angola (17)
- Namibia (30)
- South Africa (8)
- Synopsis (9)
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Cape Town and Good Hope
Posted on May 5, 2015 | 6 Comments The weather was cloudy when I reached Cape Town last week, but today, the last day of August, will be perfect for my last stage of cycling Africa. I want […] 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 […] 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, […] C28, Boshua pass, the roller coaster road
Posted on July 20, 2014 | 2 Comments The C28 gravel road I am taking from Swakopmund to Windhoek is dry and tough: less than 10 cars use it every day, but it has very rewarding views. It […] The desert elephants of the Brandberg
Posted on July 1, 2014 | 14 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 […] Twyfelfontein, towards dryer lands
Posted on June 27, 2014 | 1 Comment “When you leave, come to me directly instead of going to the reception, okay?“, tells me the security guard of the Khorixas NWR rest camp as I am packing up. […] Vingerklip
Posted on June 23, 2014 | 3 Comments 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, […] Fantastic scenery around Lubango: Mucubals and Serra da Leba
Posted on May 11, 2014 | 10 Comments The mighty but tamed Serra da Chela mountain range is surrounding me in the small village of Catanda. I lost 1000 meters of elevation since Lubango and I have to […] Tundavala
Posted on May 8, 2014 | No Comments The scenery around Lubango is fantastic. I make a point to visit the Fenda da Tundavala, a well-known gorge that plunges 1000 meters down to the valley below, elected one […] 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 […] 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 […] 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 […] Le massif du Mayombe
Posted on February 24, 2014 | 1 Comment The fiber optic is in Dolisie since 2009, but it is connected to nothing. The internet cafés are slower than a 2G network. Since the youth can access Facebook on […] Into Bamoun country
Posted on January 20, 2014 | 6 Comments Sunday is church day, but this Sunday in Bamenda is super church day. The attendants of the cathedral walk in procession and sing cheerfully behind the priest on the main […] The Ring Road (2/2)
Posted on January 17, 2014 | 3 Comments The northern part of the ring road is the toughest but is worth it for featuring the deadly Lake Nyos. After leaving Ndi Roland and Irene in Binka, I quickly […] The Ring Road (1/2)
Posted on January 14, 2014 | 5 Comments After so much rain and bad roads since Limbe on the coast, I am finally getting closer to this ring road. I am on the way to Bamenda, the capital […] Around and on Mount Cameroon
Posted on December 10, 2013 | 2 Comments Limbe speaks English. Some of the northern part of Cameroon is anglophone: similarly to Togo, the colony was divided between the British and the French when the Germans, occupants of […] The Volta region
Posted on October 21, 2013 | No Comments How to leave a big city like Accra quickly and smoothly? It is not easy with a bicycle. I could take the smallest roads to avoid the traffic, but it […] Riding the edge of the Fouta Djalon
Posted on August 4, 2013 | No Comments The ride up to the Fouta, the first mountains since Morocco, was a bit disappointing. It is indeed beautiful, but not as scenic as expected. I guess I had too […] More Anti-Atlas until the coast
Posted on March 8, 2013 | 4 Comments Hassan wakes me up at 7, so I am packed and on the road at 8 am already. That allows me to see the sun waking up over Azaghar n’Irs […] Jbel Sarhro
Posted on March 2, 2013 | 2 Comments Now on the main axis Errachidia – Agadir, this very long road, crossing Morocco from west to east between the High Atlas and the Middle Atlas, my plan was to follow […] Down the Atlas through the Dadès
Posted on February 25, 2013 | 11 Comments There are a few kilometers left until Agoudal. The road is still nicely paved. Apparently the surfacing was done very recently, but I doubt it will last for a long […] Up the Atlas through the Todra
Posted on February 23, 2013 | 2 Comments I am back at the feet of the mountains, the south side of the High Atlas, in Tinghir. A week ago, I was just on the other side. I contemplated […] The Middle Atlas
Posted on February 14, 2013 | 3 Comments It is 4°C in my tent when I wake up. I’m in Africa, but I’m sleeping at 1740 m high (the highest night of the trip so far) in winter. It […] The rainy Rif
Posted on January 31, 2013 | 5 Comments After five days spent in Tétouan, mostly using the internet I didn’t use during the past two weeks, and strolling in the nice medina that I started to know quite well, it […] The fantastic roads of the Alpujarra
Posted on December 28, 2012 | 6 Comments I get up still disappointed by the fact of being in a thermal town, dirty and in need of a rest day. I decide to take the rest “on the […] A nice alternative to the coast
Posted on December 16, 2012 | 2 Comments I am still avoiding the coast, not recommended at all to cycle from Barcelona to Valencia. The road I take, a bit inland, is nicer after Vilafranca Del Penedès. Indeed, […] Cerdanya with snow as introduction to Spain
Posted on December 12, 2012 | No Comments While entering Spain from Andorra, sitting on my bicycle seat, I was naturally filming the scene: the cars stopping, the signs, a word on the video, etc. Until we got […] Crossing at the highest of the Pyrénées
Posted on December 11, 2012 | No Comments Today is “the day”. The day I have been anxious about during the past week. It only consists in doing 50 km until Andorra-la-Vella, crossing the border between France and […] The Col du Chioula
Posted on December 10, 2012 | 3 Comments On this 2nd of December, we set departure a bit late after a chat with out hosts and big breakfast. My pictures didn’t upload completely, the internet connection is slow. I already had […]
List of posts
Cape Town and Good Hope
Posted on May 5, 2015 | 6 CommentsThe weather was cloudy when I reached Cape Town last week, but today, the last day of August, will be perfect for my last stage of cycling Africa. I want […]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 […]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, […]C28, Boshua pass, the roller coaster road
Posted on July 20, 2014 | 2 CommentsThe C28 gravel road I am taking from Swakopmund to Windhoek is dry and tough: less than 10 cars use it every day, but it has very rewarding views. It […]The desert elephants of the Brandberg
Posted on July 1, 2014 | 14 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 […]Twyfelfontein, towards dryer lands
Posted on June 27, 2014 | 1 Comment“When you leave, come to me directly instead of going to the reception, okay?“, tells me the security guard of the Khorixas NWR rest camp as I am packing up. […]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, […]Fantastic scenery around Lubango: Mucubals and Serra da Leba
Posted on May 11, 2014 | 10 CommentsThe mighty but tamed Serra da Chela mountain range is surrounding me in the small village of Catanda. I lost 1000 meters of elevation since Lubango and I have to […]Tundavala
Posted on May 8, 2014 | No CommentsThe scenery around Lubango is fantastic. I make a point to visit the Fenda da Tundavala, a well-known gorge that plunges 1000 meters down to the valley below, elected one […]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 […]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 […]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 […]Le massif du Mayombe
Posted on February 24, 2014 | 1 CommentThe fiber optic is in Dolisie since 2009, but it is connected to nothing. The internet cafés are slower than a 2G network. Since the youth can access Facebook on […]Into Bamoun country
Posted on January 20, 2014 | 6 CommentsSunday is church day, but this Sunday in Bamenda is super church day. The attendants of the cathedral walk in procession and sing cheerfully behind the priest on the main […]The Ring Road (2/2)
Posted on January 17, 2014 | 3 CommentsThe northern part of the ring road is the toughest but is worth it for featuring the deadly Lake Nyos. After leaving Ndi Roland and Irene in Binka, I quickly […]The Ring Road (1/2)
Posted on January 14, 2014 | 5 CommentsAfter so much rain and bad roads since Limbe on the coast, I am finally getting closer to this ring road. I am on the way to Bamenda, the capital […]Around and on Mount Cameroon
Posted on December 10, 2013 | 2 CommentsLimbe speaks English. Some of the northern part of Cameroon is anglophone: similarly to Togo, the colony was divided between the British and the French when the Germans, occupants of […]The Volta region
Posted on October 21, 2013 | No CommentsHow to leave a big city like Accra quickly and smoothly? It is not easy with a bicycle. I could take the smallest roads to avoid the traffic, but it […]Riding the edge of the Fouta Djalon
Posted on August 4, 2013 | No CommentsThe ride up to the Fouta, the first mountains since Morocco, was a bit disappointing. It is indeed beautiful, but not as scenic as expected. I guess I had too […]More Anti-Atlas until the coast
Posted on March 8, 2013 | 4 CommentsHassan wakes me up at 7, so I am packed and on the road at 8 am already. That allows me to see the sun waking up over Azaghar n’Irs […]Jbel Sarhro
Posted on March 2, 2013 | 2 CommentsNow on the main axis Errachidia – Agadir, this very long road, crossing Morocco from west to east between the High Atlas and the Middle Atlas, my plan was to follow […]Down the Atlas through the Dadès
Posted on February 25, 2013 | 11 CommentsThere are a few kilometers left until Agoudal. The road is still nicely paved. Apparently the surfacing was done very recently, but I doubt it will last for a long […]Up the Atlas through the Todra
Posted on February 23, 2013 | 2 CommentsI am back at the feet of the mountains, the south side of the High Atlas, in Tinghir. A week ago, I was just on the other side. I contemplated […]The Middle Atlas
Posted on February 14, 2013 | 3 CommentsIt is 4°C in my tent when I wake up. I’m in Africa, but I’m sleeping at 1740 m high (the highest night of the trip so far) in winter. It […]The rainy Rif
Posted on January 31, 2013 | 5 CommentsAfter five days spent in Tétouan, mostly using the internet I didn’t use during the past two weeks, and strolling in the nice medina that I started to know quite well, it […]The fantastic roads of the Alpujarra
Posted on December 28, 2012 | 6 CommentsI get up still disappointed by the fact of being in a thermal town, dirty and in need of a rest day. I decide to take the rest “on the […]A nice alternative to the coast
Posted on December 16, 2012 | 2 CommentsI am still avoiding the coast, not recommended at all to cycle from Barcelona to Valencia. The road I take, a bit inland, is nicer after Vilafranca Del Penedès. Indeed, […]Cerdanya with snow as introduction to Spain
Posted on December 12, 2012 | No CommentsWhile entering Spain from Andorra, sitting on my bicycle seat, I was naturally filming the scene: the cars stopping, the signs, a word on the video, etc. Until we got […]Crossing at the highest of the Pyrénées
Posted on December 11, 2012 | No CommentsToday is “the day”. The day I have been anxious about during the past week. It only consists in doing 50 km until Andorra-la-Vella, crossing the border between France and […]The Col du Chioula
Posted on December 10, 2012 | 3 CommentsOn this 2nd of December, we set departure a bit late after a chat with out hosts and big breakfast. My pictures didn’t upload completely, the internet connection is slow. I already had […]