![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")
![What will the dirt road look like after all the rain? Lightnings struck almost all night long. It was one of the most violent weather I have seen on my […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/05/featured-cunene-flood_1121-150x150.jpg "Cunene, the last province of Angola")
![A mob of youngsters arresting me? That’s what’s happening for the same usual silly reason: the obsession with the control of papers of anyone in Angola. My shortcut […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/05/featured-huila-jau_1048-150x150.jpg "Beautiful Huíla and Southern Angola")
![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 […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/05/featured-serra-da-leba_0969-150x150.jpg "Fantastic scenery around Lubango: Mucubals and Serra da Leba")
![The driver ants (also known as siafu ants, army ants) have been crossing crossing my dirt roads quite often, since West Africa. I am not sure exactly which species I have encountered, […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/02/featured-across-ants_7636-150x150.jpg "Across columns of driver ants")
![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")
![The inhabitants of Junkville didn’t spell a cast on us, and I didn’t hear a single story about “taper le diable”. The devil may be invisible, but the chief Daniel […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/02/featured-lope-NP_6651-150x150.jpg "Cycling through the Lope National Park")
![How 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 […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/01/featured-forgotten-land-IMG_0734-150x150.jpg "The forgotten land")
![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 […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2014/01/featured-into-bamoun-country-DSC_5211-150x150.jpg "Into Bamoun country")
![The 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 […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/12/featured-to-cameroon-inlands_4623-150x150.jpg "Uphill to Cameroon’s inland mountains")
![There is a waterfall and a place where a hot river meets a cold one, some kilometers around Ipetu, but I am sticking to the roads instead of exploring and […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/11/featured-niger-river-3710-150x150.jpg "Around the Niger river from Yoruba land to Igbo land")
![Waking up to a techno remix of Feliz Navidad / Merry Christmas song is not the best way to start a day. But François walks me to the exit of […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/10/featured-benin-entrance-DSC_2799-150x150.jpg "Benin for culture and more bad 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")
![Some good rest in Yamoussoukro and 10 Chinese spokes for 1 € later, I leave the capital towards Ghana, to the east, without testing the traffic mess in Abidjan. I […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2013/09/featured-ivory-coast-end-DSC_1583-150x150.jpg "Dirt and asphalt until Ghana")
![The morning starts with a visit of the abandoned factory that hosted me. Besides the two small offices looking fairly new, the main structure is a very long building that […]](https://freewheely.com/wp-content/data/2012/12/featured-lost-movie-real-DSC_3611-150x150.jpg "Lost in a movie")
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![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 […]](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20115%20115'%3E%3C/svg%3E "Mining expedition in the desert of Brandberg West")
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 […] Cunene, the last province of Angola
Posted on May 17, 2014 | 2 Comments What will the dirt road look like after all the rain? Lightnings struck almost all night long. It was one of the most violent weather I have seen on my […] Beautiful Huíla and Southern Angola
Posted on May 14, 2014 | 1 Comment A mob of youngsters arresting me? That’s what’s happening for the same usual silly reason: the obsession with the control of papers of anyone in Angola. My shortcut […] 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 […] Across columns of driver ants
Posted on February 20, 2014 | 1 Comment The driver ants (also known as siafu ants, army ants) have been crossing crossing my dirt roads quite often, since West Africa. I am not sure exactly which species I have encountered, […] 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 […] Cycling through the Lope National Park
Posted on February 5, 2014 | 1 Comment The inhabitants of Junkville didn’t spell a cast on us, and I didn’t hear a single story about “taper le diable”. The devil may be invisible, but the chief Daniel […] The forgotten land
Posted on January 23, 2014 | 3 Comments How 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 […] 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 […] Uphill to Cameroon’s inland mountains
Posted on December 28, 2013 | 7 Comments The 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 […] Around the Niger river from Yoruba land to Igbo land
Posted on November 24, 2013 | 6 Comments There is a waterfall and a place where a hot river meets a cold one, some kilometers around Ipetu, but I am sticking to the roads instead of exploring and […] Benin for culture and more bad roads
Posted on October 27, 2013 | 2 Comments Waking up to a techno remix of Feliz Navidad / Merry Christmas song is not the best way to start a day. But François walks me to the exit of […] 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 […] Dirt and asphalt until Ghana
Posted on October 8, 2013 | 2 Comments Some good rest in Yamoussoukro and 10 Chinese spokes for 1 € later, I leave the capital towards Ghana, to the east, without testing the traffic mess in Abidjan. I […] Lost in a movie
Posted on December 25, 2012 | 2 Comments The morning starts with a visit of the abandoned factory that hosted me. Besides the two small offices looking fairly new, the main structure is a very long building that […]
List of posts
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 […]Cunene, the last province of Angola
Posted on May 17, 2014 | 2 CommentsWhat will the dirt road look like after all the rain? Lightnings struck almost all night long. It was one of the most violent weather I have seen on my […]Beautiful Huíla and Southern Angola
Posted on May 14, 2014 | 1 CommentA mob of youngsters arresting me? That’s what’s happening for the same usual silly reason: the obsession with the control of papers of anyone in Angola. My shortcut […]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 […]Across columns of driver ants
Posted on February 20, 2014 | 1 CommentThe driver ants (also known as siafu ants, army ants) have been crossing crossing my dirt roads quite often, since West Africa. I am not sure exactly which species I have encountered, […]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 […]Cycling through the Lope National Park
Posted on February 5, 2014 | 1 CommentThe inhabitants of Junkville didn’t spell a cast on us, and I didn’t hear a single story about “taper le diable”. The devil may be invisible, but the chief Daniel […]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 […]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 […]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 […]Around the Niger river from Yoruba land to Igbo land
Posted on November 24, 2013 | 6 CommentsThere is a waterfall and a place where a hot river meets a cold one, some kilometers around Ipetu, but I am sticking to the roads instead of exploring and […]Benin for culture and more bad roads
Posted on October 27, 2013 | 2 CommentsWaking up to a techno remix of Feliz Navidad / Merry Christmas song is not the best way to start a day. But François walks me to the exit of […]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 […]Dirt and asphalt until Ghana
Posted on October 8, 2013 | 2 CommentsSome good rest in Yamoussoukro and 10 Chinese spokes for 1 € later, I leave the capital towards Ghana, to the east, without testing the traffic mess in Abidjan. I […]Lost in a movie
Posted on December 25, 2012 | 2 CommentsThe morning starts with a visit of the abandoned factory that hosted me. Besides the two small offices looking fairly new, the main structure is a very long building that […]
