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sea Archive
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 […]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 […]More meat and some wine
Posted on April 14, 2015 | No CommentsMy cycling-brandy-braai partners stick to the main road, the N7 until Nuwerus. But after a great day around Leliefontein yesterday, I can’t help leaving Garies for the dirt again. Via […]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. […]Cycling the salt road on the Skeleton Coast
Posted on July 10, 2014 | 6 CommentsWaking up in the desert is fantastic. As fantastic as it is terrible to find a wind shelter for setting up my tent. Luckily the wind went quiet during […]Along the coast of the Zaire province
Posted on March 30, 2014 | No CommentsBernardo says that the smoke from the gas flares killed all the food in the area. But luckily, he has access to drinking water with the solar-powered pump/tank system installed […]Congo – Cabinda – DRC – Angola, quite an adventure
Posted on March 26, 2014 | 20 CommentsThis part of Africa on the Atlantic coast is quite tricky: between the southern parallels 5° and 6°, from Pointe-Noire (Congo) to Soyo (Angola), there are three border crossings within […]Pointe-Noire and the Kouilou, an oil story
Posted on March 10, 2014 | 2 CommentsThe good side of being out of the bush is that it reminds me of all the pleasures of life, especially food. There is a patisserie in Pointe-Noire and the […]Voodoo and tourism in Benin
Posted on November 5, 2013 | 1 CommentFor my holidays-from-cycling time, I established a base at Cotonou’s best budget accomodation, discretely located in front of the Cordon Bleu restaurant on the main Haie Vive street. The Gästehaus […]Freetown
Posted on August 15, 2013 | 5 CommentsThe kids are dressed up for school, in a green or blue uniform, while I load up my bike and leave for Freetown. I have 10 kilometers to cycle from […]