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My goodness, after months of dreaming of rain and greenery, this was the week those accumulated wishes came true. Quite truly incredible scenes of deluge…after pretty much having had the best of the weather possible for the first 9 months…
What a relief! After many weeks of dead flat roads, scorching dry heat, winds, and surrounded by nothing much else than sand, the route south changed all that almost completely overnight, half way through this week, as Lettie and I…
From sleeping in the bush, to dining with a king; buoyed on by some incredible messages of support and help, to battling heavy legs, incessant heat, and a return of the dreaded headwinds; it's certainly been a week of contrasts…and…
Bear/Bare(?) with me please…this is longer than normal. Despite the frequent police check points, and unavoidable mid day breaks brought on by the furnace like conditions, the long flat desert roads of Sudan and Chad, and the 3am starts,…
It's been a testing couple of weeks in a number of ways, with somewhat of a mental "Ctrl, Alt, Delete" reboot needed, but as always seems to happen, the highlights and positives (such as crossing into Eritrea and meeting awesome…
A week which started on such a high with Andrew and Richard as we completed our stretch across Ethiopia together, all of a sudden became somewhat of a frustration with a few unexpected delays and false starts meaning I was…
A wonderful week of riding, and cool and unique experiences in the Ethiopian highlands which I was lucky enough to share with 2 great friends…a well-timed boost before the next 6 or 7 weeks which will take the Fat Kid…
A well balanced and full on week of tough awesome riding, meeting cool people, enjoying some good food and beer and plenty of 2 min noodles, experiencing the natural wonders of Djibouti, as well as the deserts of Somaliland, and…
As Kingsley Holgate reminded me during a long liquid meeting before I left, this expedition 'isn't about the bike', but rather 'an epic African adventure which you happen to be doing on a bicycle' – a huge difference! Well it's…
A planned break in Addis Abiba to coincide with applying for a couple of visas, turned into a week of rest, recovery, re-hydration, sight seeing, general fattening up, admin, fun, laughter and generally making the most of my last time…
The decision to undertake this journey is an accumulation of years of reading stories of great modern and past adventurers, of ordinary people doing seemingly extraordinary things, and of imagining great adventures of my own... 
Lettie
Bob
Colin
Craig
Dan
Dan
Francois
Gary
Gavin
Giniel
John
Kevin
Kingsley
Mark
Mike
Ross
Riaan
Ryan
Stefan
Vanessa