Suffering While Cycling the Sudan
According to Rae and John, two retired Air Force Pilots who are taking part in the Tour this year, what we have been through these past 2 weeks is as difficult as basic training for the military. And I believe it! These past 4 days have been the most mentally and physically challenging days of [...]
Surprise Stop in Wadi Halfa, Sudan
I know that I told you that you wouldn’t be hearing from us for awhile, but here we are in Wadi Halfa, Sudan at an internet Cafe. Our trucks are late arriving from Egypt, so we are staying an extra day at the border. I have to say that I am really happy about that. [...]
Cycling to Luxor
Ahh, the lovely rest days in Luxor, cruising the Nile on a Felucca, seeing the Valley of the Kings and Queens, checking out Luxor Temple and eating a McFlurry in McDonalds as we update our blog on their free wireless internet. But time is running out and we are off tomorrow heading towards Aswan where [...]
Safaga, Egypt
4 Days in the desert and 544km later and we have arrived in Safaga, Egypt. No it is not a rest day, we just rode our butt’s off to get here early to enjoy this little scenic town on the Red Sea. It caused a little bit of excitement to finally be able to take [...]
More Questions and Answers
Astrid F. Asked: Did you need to take anti malaria pills during your trip? Yes, we took Malarone during our time in southern Ethiopia all the way to South Africa. What shots did you need? We had many shots already from previous travels, but here are is a list of shots needed… Twinrix-for hepatitis A [...]
Presentation at MEC
We had a super turn out at Mountain Equipment Co-op downtown Toronto last night. We want to put a big thanks out to Nani for organizing it and inviting so many people. It wouldn’t have been the same success without him. It was their most successful event to date, and we will be putting on [...]
Multimedia Presentation at Mountain Equipment Co-op
It has been exactly 1 year since we left for Africa to cycle down this great continent. We had no idea what we were in for. But we made it through and definitely experienced one of the most unique adventures that anyone could have. On January 27th we are going to re-live every detail in [...]
How do you spell relief? P-A-SS-P-O-R-T
We have our passports back in our hands, but I have to tell you about the crazy week that we have had to get them… Monday….. It all started on Monday when we phoned the Ethiopian Embassy to make sure that our passports had been sent. They told us the Friday before that they were [...]
Welcome to our STRESS…
The past two weeks have been the busiest and most stressful point of the entire year. As you may have read on our last post, we made a couple of mistakes with our Sudan visas, but it all worked out and we could laugh about it. Well, we managed to make another mistake to our [...]
Crunch Time!
There comes a time in the preliminary stages of every journey, where all of the prepping, training, and planning finally come together. I had been waiting for this moment for months, and it just happened this week. For the first time since deciding to take part in the Tour d’Afrique, it has actually hit home [...]
The Countdown Continues.
I feel that I haven’t been writing in my blog as much as I should. When we are in Africa, I guarantee that I will give more regular updates, but even as I write this paragraph now, I wonder what I am going to tell you…..hmmm To begin with, I will let you in on [...]
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