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My dispensable pieces of equipment
Posted on May 25, 2015 | No CommentsI had a 成功お守り in my handlebar bag during my whole journey, and a picture with it at the Cape of Good Hope looks like it actually worked: An お守り omamori […]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 […]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 […]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 […]Yaoundé and the South
Posted on January 26, 2014 | 1 CommentYaoundé makes a refreshing stop in Cameroon. Named after its German founder (Jaunde), the capital city spreads along the highway, from the north (presidential palace, embassy district), through the middle […]The forgotten land
Posted on January 23, 2014 | 3 CommentsHow is ICT taught at school in a village with no electricity? All the villages of the Bamoun region are Muslim. The dirt road starting from Foumbot and heading […]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 […]Uphill to Cameroon’s inland mountains
Posted on December 28, 2013 | 7 CommentsThe crater lake of Barombi Mbo was called “Elephant lake” at the time of the German colony, but the elephants were victims of the ivory trade. They are no longer […]Dakar workshop
Posted on June 7, 2013 | 2 CommentsThe saying “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone” is proven to be true so far, but it doesn’t mention that comfort zones are very tricky. Nicolas had […]