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| Very crowded ferry to Sudan |
Don't forget the kitchen sink. -
Loading the very crowded ferry to Sudan |
With the Bearded Trio -
Michel and Denis from Quebec,
and Werner from Germany -
waiting for the ferry to depart |
Abu Simbel |
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Riding the desert storm
in the Nubian desert, Sudan |
Curious campsite visitors |
Life's a beach? -
Well it certainly isin the Sahara desert! |
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Stage 2 - The Gorge
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James the cook
gets to work on the barbecue chicken
at a Sudan campsite. |
Staff negotiate the purchase
of a tank of water
from a local cattle trough |
One truck load
that didn't quite make it
through Sudan |
Waiting at the Ethiopian immigration
post,
with a warm but welcome beer |
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A tea stop
and an invitation to lunch - Ethiopia |
Priests at the monolithic churches
in Lalibela,
churches chiselled from
a single piece of rock |
Beautiful Ethiopian landscape
north of Addis |
Nothing in Ethiopia is done without an
audience.
Erin tries to concentrate on her Yoga |
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| On the road to the capital. |
Relaxing at the highest point of the
tour.
3120 meters,
in the Ethiopian highlands. |
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Stage 3 - Meltdown
Madness |
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I present
bicycles in Addis Abeba on behalf of the Tour
d'Afrique Foundation |
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| Early morning start |
A sight that became familiar -
the red dust roads of Kenya |
Breakfast at quagmire camp after the storm to end all storms |
The lovely African village of Marsabit |
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Directing proceedings at the barbecue at
Marsabit campsite, with Craig and Tarin |
Local children pump water for our camp,
at their school in Laisamis |
Cycling on the left; hedgerows;
cornfields and cloudy skies.
It's not England. I am just 1 degree north of the Equator! |
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| Enjoying a bottle of wine with
Anne Price at the Equator Party
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Milestones don't come more famous than
this one |
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Stage 4 - Maasai Steppe
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With the children of a local Masai school who received
bicycles donated by the Tour d'Afrique Foundation in Kenya.
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The Masai schoolchildren perform a tribal
dance
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With some of the group on the safari to the NgoroNgoro Crater in
Tanzania.
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It's amazing who you meet on the roads in Africa!
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Ronelle and Alex prepare dinner
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Wimpy, our South African bushman truck driver makes a mean curry.
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Mark conducts a daily bike mechanical clinic to keep 50 bikes on the
road
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The locker system in the trucks
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John Stowe demonstrates the 3-step dish cleaning process
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Washing hands in treated water is an integral part of the hygiene
process
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Two white boards provide riders with essential daily information
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My home for 120 days
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Five star accommodation |
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Stage 5 - Malawi Gin
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| Spot the sunflower in Tanzania |
Home made wooden scooters are the latest
Tanzanian craze |
The banana crop is ready in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania |
Guess what's for lunch |
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| The restaurant with no food - making do
with a chocolate biscuit sandwich in Malawi |
At Lake Malawi |
Its the usual busy morning on the M1! |
Not all road advice is heeded in
Malawi... |
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| New bag and super African mirror for my
bike. Note the Christmas trees - in Malawi?! |
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6 - Zambesi Zone |
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I am a millionaire! But don't get too
excited.
One million Zambian Kwacha
is worth about 120 pounds sterling... |
Buying dried worms at a local market
to complete victory in the Scavenger Hunt |
The long grass is a result of Zambia's wettest rainy season since 1963 |
A local rider with a load of charcoal
speeds
effortlessly past me on his single-geared bike! |
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The volunteers from 'Hands at Work' are
given a
lesson in bike mechanics in Lusaka |
The mighty Victoria Falls, or 'Mosi-oa-Tunya |
On the Victoria Falls bridge at the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
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7 - Elephant Highway |
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On the Chobe River Safari,
at the place where 4 countries meet:
Zambia, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Botswana. |
Sunset on the Chobe River,
flooded from the recent rains. |
An occupational hazard for cyclists in Africa...but at least
in Botswana, they do warn you! |
"He's behind you!"
Getting up close with the residents
of the Elephant Highway. |
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At just 19 years, Tom Stephens from
England,
is the Tour's "baby" |
And at 71 years, Texan John Davies
is the elder statesman of the Tour |
Eduard, the first man to attempt the tour on a recumbent bicycle,
tops up his chocolate intake. |
Try memorising that one for your
sergeant's exam! |
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The British riders, smiling in defeat at
the end of the
alternative all nations team time trial... |
Bush camp...and the end of a long day. |
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8 - Diamond Coast |
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The sign we had all been waiting to see -
the first
direction to Cape Town |
I reach the Atlantic Ocean at last |
There's no doubt its early winter on a misty morning just north of Cape
Town |
Complex instructions for the rider's
final day |
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| The faithful servant completes the job. |
The group poses in front of a certain
famous landmark |
With Anne Price at the finish line in Cape Town |
You can't get much further South
down Africa than this |
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